Satellite Pictures Show Iran's Navy and Atomic Facilities Damaged by Joint US and Israeli Military Action.

A series of joint strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos demonstrate, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from several ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Forces Sustained Major Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed black smoke pouring from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations suggest that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the port reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships seem to be damaged, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, images reveal numerous harmed vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on six ships. Pictures from the start of the week also demonstrate that several structures at the base have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command said. "At present, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports suggested that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were declared as further objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the new round of strikes have reportedly hit facilities at Natanz – considered at the core of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected buildings were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain conventional attacks using its most significant warships. However, it was stressed that Tehran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure remains unclear, with strikes reportedly persisting. Imagery also reveals considerable damage to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and across Iran after the hostilities started. Toll estimates from local officials indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, review of aerial photographs will persist to document the changing scope of damage.