{"id":48294,"date":"2026-03-03T14:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/new-satellite-images-show-fires-naval-base-damage-across-iran-after-us-israeli-strikes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:34:03","slug":"new-satellite-images-show-fires-naval-base-damage-across-iran-after-us-israeli-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/new-satellite-images-show-fires-naval-base-damage-across-iran-after-us-israeli-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"New satellite images show fires, naval base damage across Iran after US-Israeli strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">New satellite images offer a stark look at the devastation inside Iran after U.S.-Israeli strikes, while also revealing the damage left behind by Tehran\u2019s retaliatory attacks across the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">According to U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations across the Middle East, U.S. forces struck more than 1,250 targets during the first two days of Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Planet Labs satellite imagery captured burning ships and damaged facilities at the Konarak base in southern Iran, as well as significant destruction at Iran\u2019s naval headquarters in Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf, reflecting the scale of the strikes on military infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Imagery from Vantor shows the Choqa Balk drone facility in western <u>Iran<\/u> was hit, along with damage to other key military and strategic sites targeted in the U.S.\u2013Israeli strike campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-src=\"visualisation\/27866344\" class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-v-82e993c0=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>Radar systems at the Zahedan air base in eastern Iran \u2014 near the country\u2019s borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan \u2014 were also struck.<\/p>\n<p>The two facilities are about 800 to 900 miles apart, underscoring the broad reach of the coordinated strikes.<\/p>\n<div data-src=\"visualisation\/27872629\" class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-v-82e993c0=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>Additionally, satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows thick smoke plumes rising above Tehran, signaling explosions and fires inside the Iranian capital.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke underscores how the conflict has moved beyond isolated military sites and into the heart of Iran\u2019s political center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Iran responded with missile and drone strikes of its own, expanding the conflict across the region. Satellite images reveal damage to the port city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The city of Sharjah is the third most populous after Dubai and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<div data-src=\"visualisation\/27865486\" class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-v-82e993c0=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>The Jebel Ali Port, the region\u2019s largest maritime hub, was also targeted, underscoring how the retaliation extended beyond military sites to key infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div data-src=\"visualisation\/27865643\" class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-v-82e993c0=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. has warned that further retaliation could follow, as both sides signal they are prepared for additional rounds of strikes. Pentagon officials said U.S. forces in the region remain on high alert and have publicly cautioned that any new attacks on U.S. citizens would prompt a forceful response.<\/p>\n<p>With damage now visible from western Iran to the Persian Gulf, the coming days could determine whether the confrontation stabilizes \u2014 or spirals into a wider regional war.<\/p>\n<section data-fetch-key=\"RelatedArticle:0\" class=\"related-article\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<h3 class=\"component-title\">Related Article<\/h3>\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<div class=\"m\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"title\">Fires rage at Iran&#8217;s Bandar Abbas naval headquarters, Strait of Hormuz traffic stalled<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New satellite images offer a stark look at the devastation inside Iran after U.S.-Israeli strikes, while also revealing the damage left behind by Tehran\u2019s retaliatory attacks across the region. According to U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations across the Middle East, U.S. forces struck more than 1,250 targets during the first two days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedividendowner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}