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[โ€“] Lightor@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To test our ability to stop it. If one was going to hit a major city, that's not the best situation to be trying something out for the first time.

[โ€“] SamboT@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Seems like a cost benefit analysis that nobody here is going to be an authority on.