Aerial Photographs Depict Iran's Navy and Nuclear Sites Damaged by American and Israeli Military Action.

A series of US and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly sunk or crippled at least eleven warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, recently obtained satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from multiple vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Assets Incurred Major Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed black smoke pouring from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the harbor show smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly harmed, with a single one clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos show several stricken vessels, with expert review pointing to impacts on six vessels. Pictures taken on Monday also demonstrate that several facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Tehran government has harassed global maritime traffic," a senior US military official declared. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels reportedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information stated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the hindering of enrichment activities were stated as further objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

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

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly targeted installations at Natanz – considered at the center of the country's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Observers indicated that the offensive appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's ability to sustain traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was noted that Iran maintains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with strikes reportedly ongoing. Pictures also shows widespread destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also appear to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country after the conflict escalated. Toll estimates from local officials suggest that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

As the situation develops, analysis of satellite imagery will continue to assess the unfolding scope of damage.