Satellite Images Depict Iranian Navy and Atomic Sites Targeted by Joint US and Israeli Airstrikes.

Multiple American and Israeli strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled at least 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new satellite images reveal, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal black smoke pouring from several ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Substantial Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed thick smoke pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern end of the port depict smoke rising from the Makran, while two other vessels appear to be harmed, with one visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, images display numerous stricken ships, with analysis identifying strikes against a half-dozen warships. Photos from the start of the week also indicate that a number of buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information stated that an Iranian vessel was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Facilities Hit

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the prevention of enrichment activities were stated as additional goals of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted strikes on the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly hit facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected buildings were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to carry out conventional attacks using its most significant vessels. But, it was stressed that Tehran maintains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Photos also shows widespread destruction to the command center of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also appear to have been damaged in the capital and across the country since the conflict started. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

As the situation develops, review of space-based data will continue to document the evolving battlefield picture.