🔗 Share this article Satellite Photographs Reveal Iran's Naval Forces and Nuclear Locations Targeted by Joint US and Israeli Airstrikes. Multiple joint attacks has reportedly sunk or crippled no fewer than 11 warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, recently obtained satellite images show, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also being targeted. Images of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from several vessels on the start of the week. Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Damage Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed black smoke emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base. Analytical reports indicate that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern part of the port depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of ships are visibly harmed, with one of them clearly on fire. Over at the Konarak base, photos display several stricken vessels, with expert review identifying strikes against six vessels. Photos taken on the start of the week also show that multiple structures at the base have been leveled. "For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Today, there is not one Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop." A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission. Rocket Bases and Atomic Locations Attacked The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as other aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were struck. Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and drone launch equipment. Damage was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with neighboring nations. Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have apparently focused on installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the damaged structures were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely. Wider Impact and Assessment Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval ability to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was noted that Tehran maintains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships. The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Photos also reveals widespread destruction to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran. Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and across Iran since the conflict started. Reports of deaths from inside Iran state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment. Amid continuing hostilities, review of aerial photographs will persist to document the unfolding military landscape.