SE 4: Laying mines from planets: What's needed?

[PvK]

Don't mines appear in combat (and have no effect but can be shot up) if they are launched after an enemy enters the sector?

[Arkcon]

PvK said:
Don't mines appear in combat (and have no effect but can be shot up) if they are launched after an enemy enters the sector?

There's no way to do that in strategic combat in SE4. It's a pretty dumb thing to do in tactical too, they just sit there, and are easily destroyed by anything that can target sats.

I never saw mines hurt something in tactical combat, I wonder if it was even possible?

*EDIT*

Oh wait I see, you mean a turn based sequence of -- enemy enters, mines launch, combat starts. Hmmm. Does it ever work like that?