Orbital Pictures Depict Iran's Navy and Nuclear Facilities Hit by Joint US and Israeli Airstrikes.

Multiple joint attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos demonstrate, with missile bases and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from a number of vessels on recent days.

Naval Fleet Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery showed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the south end of the harbor show smoke emanating from the Makran, while two other vessels appear to be harmed, with one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images display several harmed ships, with analysis pointing to strikes against a half-dozen warships. Photos from the start of the week also indicate that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command said. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Nuclear Locations Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as further objectives of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted strikes on the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were targeted.

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

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

Significantly, the new round of strikes have reportedly hit facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the heart of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog commented that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was likely.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Observers suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to carry out traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. But, it was stressed that Iran still has the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with strikes said to be ongoing. Photos also shows extensive destruction to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also seem to have been hit in the capital city and across the country since the fighting escalated. Reports of deaths from local officials indicate that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of aerial photographs will carry on to assess the unfolding battlefield picture.