When they're avoiding debris that's not something that would have directly struck the station, rather they're aiming to keep debris from entering a 1.5 x 50 x 5

When they're avoiding debris that's not something that would have directly struck the station, rather they're aiming to keep debris from entering a 1.5 x 50 x 50 kilometer imaginary box with the station placed in the center[1]. So the inability to avoid debris realistically just increases the risk of running the station, it doesn't mean that if they'd skip the next maneuver that there's anything but a trivial chance of the station being struck. 1. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debr...