Satellite Images Reveal Iranian Naval Forces and Nuclear Sites Hit by US-Israeli Strikes.

A series of American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new satellite images demonstrate, with missile bases and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show black smoke pouring from several warships on recent days.

Naval Assets Sustained Major Damage

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical reports state that at least five ships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the south end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of ships seem to be impacted, with one of them visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, photos display multiple harmed vessels, with analysis pointing to strikes against six vessels. Photos from Monday also demonstrate that several structures at the base have been demolished.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has harassed international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping nuclear weapons development were listed as further goals of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on installations at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval ability to sustain traditional warfare using its most significant warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The full scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be ongoing. Imagery also indicates extensive destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also appear to have been struck in the capital and across the country since the hostilities escalated. Toll estimates from local officials state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the evolving military landscape.