Aerial Imagery Depict Iran's Navy and Atomic Sites Targeted by US-Israeli Military Action.

Multiple joint attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos reveal, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Sustained Significant 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. Orbital photos indicated thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that at least five vessels at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern end of the port reveal smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships appear to be impacted, with one seen burning.

At the Konarak base, photos show multiple stricken ships, with analysis pointing to impacts on six ships. Photos taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple facilities at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping," a senior US military official declared. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as further goals of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were hit.

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

Impact was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to conduct traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. But, it was stressed that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with strikes reportedly persisting. Pictures also indicates widespread destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also seem to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country since the conflict began. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that a high number of civilians may have been killed in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to document the evolving battlefield picture.