Aerial Imagery Depict Iranian Naval Forces and Nuclear Locations Struck by Joint US and Israeli Strikes.

A wave of US and Israeli strikes has reportedly destroyed or damaged a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, recently obtained aerial photos show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Images of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, depict smoke billowing from several ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Major Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments suggest that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional vessels are visibly damaged, with one clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos show several stricken vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to six ships. Images from the start of the week also indicate that a number of buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping," an American commander declared. "At present, there is not a single Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts stated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were stated as other aims of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was identified to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

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

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly hit installations at Natanz – considered at the core of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's ability to conduct conventional attacks using its most significant warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Iran maintains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Pictures also shows considerable destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting escalated. Reports of deaths from ground sources suggest that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, review of satellite imagery will carry on to assess the evolving military landscape.