U.S BLOCKADE HAS RETREATED
I waited several weeks before making this post, but now I can say something with certainty regarding the American aircraft carriers deployed in the CENTCOM area.
Since roughly the beginning of September, I have not found the USS George H.W. Bush or the USS George Washington, nor the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, nor any other components of the carrier strike groups, such as Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
This implies that the U.S. has decided to pull back beyond the range of Iranian anti-ship missiles, thereby shifting the naval blockade line, which until August had been positioned at the exit of the Gulf of Oman.
This strategic shift was likely prompted by Iran's first reported use of anti-ship ballistic missiles a few weeks ago, which clearly pose a potential threat to U.S. Navy vessels.
In fact, in early September, the IRGC Navy tested the "Qasem Basir" ASBM for the first time, with a maximum range of approximately 1.200 km, it covers almost the entire Arabian Sea.