Orbital Pictures Indicate Iran's Navy and Atomic Sites Struck by US-Israeli Strikes.

A wave of joint attacks has reportedly sunk or crippled at least eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos reveal, with missile bases and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show smoke billowing from multiple ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Sustained Significant Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports state that no fewer than five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern part of the harbor reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be impacted, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images show several stricken vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against a half-dozen warships. Pictures taken on Monday also show that a number of facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For decades the Tehran government has disrupted international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "Today, there is no Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Atomic Locations Targeted

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were listed as additional goals of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly focused on installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain standard operations using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was noted that Tehran maintains the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with strikes said to be persisting. Imagery also shows extensive destruction to the command center of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been damaged in the capital and throughout Iran since the hostilities started. Toll estimates from local officials indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of space-based data will persist to document the changing battlefield picture.