Satellite Photographs Show Iran's Navy and Atomic Facilities Struck by US-Israeli Airstrikes.

Multiple US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, new satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Sustained Significant Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed black smoke emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations state that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor show smoke emanating from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos display several stricken ships, with intelligence reports identifying impacts on six vessels. Pictures from Monday also show that multiple buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has harassed commercial vessels," an American commander stated. "Today, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been concealed in satellite images by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the stopping nuclear weapons development were stated as additional goals of the offensive. Aerial imagery also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Destruction was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog commented that the affected structures were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers stated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to carry out standard operations using its biggest warships. But, it was noted that Tehran maintains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be persisting. Photos also reveals considerable damage to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been struck in the capital and across the country after the fighting began. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of space-based data will persist to track the unfolding military landscape.