Space-Based Imagery Show Iranian Naval Forces and Atomic Locations Targeted by American and Israeli Military Action.

A wave of American and Israeli strikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal plumes of smoke rising from several warships on recent days.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Major Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern part of the port depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional vessels are visibly impacted, with one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, images display multiple damaged ships, with analysis pointing to damage to six vessels. Photos from the start of the week also indicate that a number of structures at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command declared. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels reportedly destroyed 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. Additional information indicated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Targeted

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were stated as additional objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

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

Damage was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at Natanz – long said to be at the core of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain standard operations using its biggest warships. But, it was noted that Tehran maintains the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be persisting. Imagery also reveals extensive destruction to the main offices of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also seem to have been damaged in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the evolving military landscape.