Mine Damage: How Does It Work?

[couslee]

something relevant I noticed....
If you click on an enemy ship, it shows the KT for it. But that may not be the total damage resistance. IE:
Enemy has 4 1000kt ships.
you launch five 900 damage mines to protect a planet from the attack.
because of armor and other components, the AI actually has 1400 damage resistance per ship.
result, they punch through and kick your hiney.
afterwards, you spend a lot of time looking around for info and find the easiest way to get the true rating is with the combat simulator.

Just a guess
(baloney, I got my bum wupped)