Satellite Photographs Show Iranian Navy and Atomic Facilities Damaged by Joint US and Israeli Airstrikes.

A wave of US and Israeli attacks has allegedly destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, new orbital imagery show, with missile bases and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal smoke billowing from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Sustained Major Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical reports state that at least five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern part of the port show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be harmed, with a single one clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos reveal multiple harmed vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Images taken on the start of the week also indicate that several facilities at the installation have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has disrupted commercial vessels," a senior US military official said. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Atomic Locations Hit

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the stopping nuclear weapons development were stated as further aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to warehouses, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

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

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct conventional attacks using its biggest vessels. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Tehran still has the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly continuing. Imagery also shows considerable destruction to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across the country after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that a high number of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of aerial photographs will carry on to document the unfolding military landscape.