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Newly captured satellite imagery shows destruction and damage to infrastructure at military installations across Iran after waves of US and Israeli airstrikes.

The images, collected on Sunday by the US spatial intelligence firm Vantor and obtained by Business Insider, show that a wide range of targets have been struck since Saturday, including a drone base, a naval facility, and a radar system.

The US involvement is more widespread than the brief round of American strikes in June 2025, which primarily targeted Iran’s nuclear sites.

In the southern coastal city of Konarak along the Gulf of Oman, the images reveal destroyed and damaged buildings, storage bunkers, and aircraft shelters at Iranian drone and air bases.

At a nearby naval facility in Konarak, the imagery shows destroyed and sinking vessels and damaged buildings adjacent to the pier. The US military confirmed on Sunday that it had struck a Jamaran-class corvette and said it was “sinking to the bottom of the Gulf of Oman.”

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US has “destroyed and sunk” nine Iranian naval vessels and would continue to target the remainder of the fleet.

At the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the country’s borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, imagery reveals an obliterated radar system.

The US military said on Saturday that it had targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) command and control facilities, air defenses, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields. B-2 stealth bombers struck fortified missile sites with 2,000-pound bombs.

In contrast, the US focused its attacks in June 2025 — the first direct American strikes against Iran in decades — on fortified sites associated with Iran’s effort to enrich uranium.

The Israeli military said it has targeted Iranian air defense systems, missile launchers, and fighter jets in strikes that began Saturday and have continued into Sunday. Israel said it has killed 40 senior Iranian commanders, as well as the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Despite these blows, Iran has managed to launch a steady pace of drones and missiles, damaging buildings and ships across the region.

Israeli fighter jets have dropped thousands of munitions over more than 700 aircraft sorties. More than 200 people have been killed or wounded in the joint strikes, according to local reports.

Iran has retaliated to the strikes by launching hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel and more than half a dozen other countries across the Middle East, including at major US military bases in several Gulf states.

The retaliatory fire has killed and wounded dozens of people in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, officials said, and caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure across the Gulf.

US Central Command, which oversees Middle East operations, said on Sunday that three service members have been killed and five more seriously wounded as part of combat operations against Iran. It said several other American personnel sustained minor injuries.

The announcement marks the first time the US has acknowledged casualties during the operation. Trump warned of potential losses on Saturday when he announced the start of the strike campaign.

“The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war,” Trump said in a video address to the nation. “But we’re doing this — not for now — we’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.”