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[Star Trek] Was DS9 really over gunned for a space station?

We see DS9 take on whole fleets of ships on her own and at least stalemate them.  Was she really over gunned for a space station considering her strategic placement and distance from the rest of Star Fleet or was every Star Base that powerful?  The only other installation we see that man be as powerful is Tiger-Kor where they mention you could pound it for days with a fleet and it would stand up.
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DS9 had to be OP, because of where it was stationed. In between a civil war and at the edge of known space. They literally had threats coming from everywhere, at any time. Also where else would you want to test your theoretical experimental weapons of war. Where no one of any note might be missed, and the Federation had plausible deniability.