Aerial Imagery Reveal Iranian Navy and Nuclear Sites Targeted by Joint US and Israeli Military Action.

A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than 11 warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with missile bases and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iranian navy, depict smoke billowing from several warships on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Major Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery showed black smoke rising from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments state that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships appear to be impacted, with one clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos show multiple harmed vessels, with expert review identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Photos from Monday also demonstrate that multiple facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has threatened global maritime traffic," a senior US military official stated. "Now, there is no Iranian ship underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were listed as additional objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have reportedly targeted installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval ability to conduct conventional attacks using its largest vessels. But, it was stressed that Tehran retains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with attacks said to be ongoing. Photos also shows extensive damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also appear to have been hit in the capital and throughout Iran after the hostilities began. Toll estimates from ground sources indicate that a high number of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will continue to assess the unfolding scope of damage.