Reported claim

“The Strait of Hormuz serves as a strategic pressure point where Iran's denial-of-access doctrine can achieve significant effect despite US military superiority by exploiting narrow shipping corridors and asymmetric threshold mechanics.”

Held steady; reporting was consistent but did not move the assessment.

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