Aerial Pictures Show Iranian Naval Forces and Nuclear Sites Hit by American and Israeli Airstrikes.

A wave of American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, reveal smoke billowing from several vessels on recent days.

Naval Fleet Sustained Major Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke emanating from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments indicate that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the south end of the port reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships seem to be harmed, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, photos reveal several damaged ships, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Pictures from the start of the week also demonstrate that several facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For many years the Iranian regime has harassed commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command stated. "Now, there is not a single Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information suggested that an Iranian vessel was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have apparently hit sites at Natanz – considered at the core of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's ability to conduct traditional warfare using its largest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran still has the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks reportedly continuing. Imagery also indicates considerable damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also are reported to have been damaged in the capital city and across Iran after the conflict began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of aerial photographs will carry on to document the changing scope of damage.