Space-Based Images Indicate Iranian Naval Forces and Nuclear Sites Hit by American and Israeli Airstrikes.

Multiple joint attacks has reportedly destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, new aerial photos show, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from several warships on recent days.

Maritime Assets Sustained Major Damage

Among the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor depict smoke rising from the Makran, while another pair of vessels seem to be damaged, with a single one seen burning.

At the Konarak base, images show several stricken ships, with analysis pointing to impacts on six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also show that a number of structures at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander said. "At present, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Atomic Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping nuclear weapons development were listed as additional aims of the offensive. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu 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 to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly focused on facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capacity to carry out traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. But, it was emphasised that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks reportedly continuing. Imagery also reveals considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also seem to have been hit in the capital city and throughout the country after the hostilities escalated. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that a high number of civilians may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of aerial photographs will carry on to track the evolving military landscape.