Aerial Imagery Show Iran's Naval Forces and Nuclear Sites Targeted by US-Israeli Military Action.

A wave of American and Israeli attacks has allegedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 Iran's navy ships since Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, reveal plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Major Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations suggest that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern end of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly damaged, with one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, images show numerous harmed ships, with analysis pointing to impacts on six ships. Images from the start of the week also demonstrate that several structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iranian regime has threatened international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Sites and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as additional goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly hit sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain standard operations using its most significant warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The full extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes reportedly persisting. Imagery also shows extensive damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also seem to have been struck in the capital city and throughout Iran since the conflict escalated. Toll estimates from ground sources indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of satellite imagery will carry on to assess the evolving scope of damage.