Space-Based Photographs Indicate Iran's Navy and Nuclear Locations Hit by Joint US and Israeli Attacks.

Multiple US and Israeli attacks has allegedly destroyed or damaged at least 11 warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, recently obtained satellite images show, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict black smoke pouring from several warships on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments indicate that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the south end of the port depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other ships appear to be harmed, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images reveal numerous harmed vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also indicate that a number of buildings at the base have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has harassed global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command stated. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts stated that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as additional goals of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have apparently hit facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency stated that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Broader Impact and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out standard operations using its biggest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran still has the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Photos also indicates widespread damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and across the country after the fighting began. Casualty figures from local officials state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, review of satellite imagery will carry on to document the unfolding military landscape.