Satellite Imagery Indicate Iranian Navy and Atomic Sites Hit by US-Israeli Attacks.

A series of US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new satellite images demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from several warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a drone carrier. Orbital photos displayed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the south end of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while additional ships appear to be impacted, with a single one clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, images show multiple stricken vessels, with analysis identifying strikes against six ships. Images taken on Monday also show that multiple facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command declared. "Now, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts stated that a ship from Iran was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Targeted

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping nuclear weapons development were listed as other goals of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

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

Destruction was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have apparently targeted facilities at Natanz – considered at the center of Iran's nuclear programme. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct conventional attacks using its largest warships. But, it was noted that Iran still has the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities remains unclear, with strikes said to be continuing. Pictures also shows considerable damage to the command center of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout Iran after the conflict started. Toll estimates from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of satellite imagery will persist to document the unfolding military landscape.