Orbital Pictures Reveal Iranian Navy and Nuclear Facilities Targeted by American and Israeli Attacks.

A wave of US and Israeli strikes has allegedly destroyed or damaged at least eleven Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from multiple ships on recent days.

Naval Fleet Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery indicated thick smoke rising from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the southern part of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other vessels are visibly harmed, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, images display several harmed ships, with analysis pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures taken on Monday also show that a number of structures at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," a senior US military official said. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were stated as additional objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

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

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have apparently targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to conduct standard operations using its most significant warships. However, it was stressed that Tehran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Pictures also shows widespread destruction to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been damaged in the capital and throughout Iran since the fighting escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

As the situation develops, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to track the evolving battlefield picture.