Aerial Pictures Show Iran's Naval Forces and Nuclear Facilities Targeted by American and Israeli Military Action.

A series of American and Israeli strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, freshly analyzed aerial photos reveal, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from several warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images displayed dark plumes rising from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor reveal smoke rising from the Makran, while additional ships appear to be impacted, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images show numerous damaged vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six ships. Photos taken on the start of the week also indicate that a number of structures at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has threatened commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command said. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Atomic Locations Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as further objectives of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers indicated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was emphasised that Iran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Pictures also reveals considerable destruction to the main offices of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of aerial photographs will continue to document the changing scope of damage.