Satellite Imagery Show Iranian Naval Forces and Atomic Sites Struck by US-Israeli Military Action.

A wave of US and Israeli attacks has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos reveal, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, depict black smoke pouring from a number of warships on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a drone carrier. Orbital photos indicated thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports indicate that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern part of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while additional vessels seem to be impacted, with one of them clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, images show several harmed vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Images from the start of the week also show that multiple buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Tehran government has harassed commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command stated. "Now, there is not a single Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as other objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to sheds, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Destruction was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have reportedly hit installations at Natanz – long said to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. An international watchdog stated that the affected buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Observers stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with attacks said to be continuing. Imagery also indicates extensive destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been damaged in the capital city and across the country since the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, review of satellite imagery will persist to track the evolving battlefield picture.