🔗 Share this article Satellite Images Reveal Iranian Naval Forces and Nuclear Locations Hit by US-Israeli Military Action. A wave of American and Israeli strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled at least 11 Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted. Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from a number of ships on recent days. Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Damage Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base. Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the south end of the harbor reveal smoke emanating from the Makran, while additional vessels are visibly harmed, with one of them seen burning. At Konarak, photos reveal multiple harmed ships, with expert review pointing to impacts on six ships. Photos from the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple buildings at the base have been leveled. "For decades the Tehran government has threatened international shipping," an American commander declared. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop." A number of vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Additional information stated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission. Missile Sites and Nuclear Facilities Targeted The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck. At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to sheds, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems. Impact was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations. Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have apparently targeted sites at the Natanz complex – considered at the core of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely. Wider Impact and Analysis Military analysts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's ability to conduct standard operations using its most significant warships. But, it was stressed that Iran still has the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers. The total extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be continuing. Pictures also indicates considerable damage to the command center of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran. A large number of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and across Iran after the hostilities escalated. Toll estimates from inside Iran state that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes. With the conflict ongoing, review of satellite imagery will carry on to assess the changing scope of damage.