Satellite Imagery Show Iran's Navy and Atomic Locations Struck by Joint US and Israeli Attacks.

Multiple joint airstrikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled at least 11 Iranian naval vessels since the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iranian navy, reveal smoke billowing from multiple warships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Sustained Significant Losses

Among the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be damaged, with one clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos display several stricken vessels, with analysis identifying strikes against a half-dozen warships. Photos from the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," a senior US military official said. "Now, there is not a single vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Locations Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were stated as additional objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to warehouses, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have apparently focused on installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog stated that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Observers stated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval ability to carry out standard operations using its largest vessels. But, it was stressed that Iran maintains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Photos also indicates extensive destruction to the command center of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also are reported to have been struck in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting escalated. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, review of aerial photographs will carry on to track the unfolding battlefield picture.