Satellite Imagery Depict Iran's Navy and Nuclear Locations Struck by US-Israeli Military Action.

Multiple US and Israeli strikes has reportedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, new satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict smoke billowing from a number of vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Substantial Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the south end of the port depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos reveal several damaged vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Photos taken on the start of the week also show that several facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has harassed international shipping," an American commander stated. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Locations Targeted

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as other aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the most recent series of strikes have apparently targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers suggested that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Iran retains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be continuing. Pictures also shows considerable destruction to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran since the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will continue to track the unfolding scope of damage.