Satellite Photographs Depict Iran's Navy and Nuclear Sites Damaged by US-Israeli Attacks.

A series of American and Israeli strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled no fewer than 11 Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos show, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos indicated dark plumes pouring from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern end of the port depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other vessels are visibly harmed, with one clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos reveal several harmed ships, with expert review identifying strikes against a half-dozen warships. Images taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has disrupted international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "Today, there is not a single vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as further aims of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base 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 unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

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

Of particular note, the new round of strikes have apparently focused on installations at Natanz – long said to be at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to carry out conventional attacks using its biggest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran still has the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks said to be ongoing. Photos also indicates widespread damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout the country after the fighting started. Casualty figures from inside Iran state that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, review of aerial photographs will carry on to document the changing military landscape.