Space-Based Photographs Depict Iran's Navy and Nuclear Sites Targeted by Joint US and Israeli Strikes.

A wave of joint attacks has allegedly destroyed or damaged a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships since Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery reveal, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, show plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Assets Incurred Major Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images indicated thick smoke emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports state that no fewer than five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor reveal smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of ships are visibly damaged, with one of them seen burning.

Over at Konarak, photos reveal multiple harmed vessels, with intelligence reports identifying strikes against six ships. Photos taken on the start of the week also show that a number of structures at the installation have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has disrupted commercial vessels," a senior US military official declared. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were listed as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

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

Destruction was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of strikes have apparently targeted sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Impact and Assessment

Observers indicated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out conventional attacks using its largest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran still has the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes said to be ongoing. Pictures also indicates considerable damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout Iran since the hostilities started. Casualty figures from inside Iran suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to track the changing scope of damage.