Orbital Photographs Reveal Iranian Navy and Atomic Sites Struck by American and Israeli Attacks.

A series of US and Israeli attacks has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new aerial photos show, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, reveal smoke billowing from multiple ships on the start of the week.

Naval Assets Sustained Substantial Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed dark plumes rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations state that at least five vessels at the port were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern end of the harbor reveal smoke rising from the Makran, while two other ships are visibly harmed, with one of them seen burning.

At the Konarak base, photos show several harmed ships, with expert review identifying strikes against a half-dozen warships. Pictures from Monday also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Tehran government has disrupted commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command said. "Now, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were stated as further aims of the offensive. Satellite images also revealed strikes on the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Observers suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to carry out standard operations using its most significant vessels. But, it was stressed that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with attacks said to be continuing. Photos also indicates extensive damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also appear to have been struck in the capital and across Iran after the conflict started. Casualty figures from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of satellite imagery will continue to assess the changing battlefield picture.