Satellite Imagery Show Iran's Navy and Atomic Locations Targeted by American and Israeli Strikes.

Multiple American and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than eleven warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, new orbital imagery reveal, with missile bases and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from a number of ships on recent days.

Maritime Forces Sustained Substantial Damage

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images indicated black smoke emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that at least five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the harbor reveal plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while additional vessels appear to be harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos show multiple damaged ships, with analysis pointing to damage to six ships. Photos taken on the start of the week also show that multiple buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Now, there is no vessel from Iran operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Additional information stated that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Atomic Locations Hit

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as further aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the latest wave of attacks have apparently focused on installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers suggested that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out standard operations using its biggest warships. However, it was emphasised that Iran still has the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be ongoing. Imagery also shows considerable damage to the main offices of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout Iran after the hostilities started. Casualty figures from inside Iran indicate that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of space-based data will persist to assess the changing scope of damage.