Satellite images show multiple destroyed buildings at Natanz, one of Iran's most important nuclear facilities, after Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Friday.

Military vessels have relied on atomic energy for decades, but now commercial shipbuilders are attempting to tap the technology.

Fordo is Iran’s second nuclear enrichment facility after Natanz, its main facility, which already has been targeted by Israeli airstrikes. The IAEA said Tuesday it believes the strikes have had “direct impacts” on the facility’s underground centrifuge halls.

Israel strikes Iran's nuclear facilities, but an expert cautions that the heavily protected Fordow site remains a dangerous threat that only U.S. military capabilities can neutralize.

Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.

An Israeli official said that "there's never a 100 percent guarantee," but "a nuclear disaster" should "not happen."

The U.S. is considering targeting Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Fordo, five sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

Americans strongly support preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons according to Reagan Institute poll, as Trump reiterates stance amid Israel-Iran conflict