Fighters vs Mines Question

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Originally posted by Arkcon:
I tried using them to sweep mines in a PBW game, but some people see it as an exploit to use fighters, drones, or colony ships to soak up damage from a known minefield. Malfador may have changed some things lately to prevent this.[/QB]

Out of curiosity, what is explotive about using fighters, drone or colony ships as mine sweepers? I could understand that fighters may not be able to set them off due to size (i.e. too small of mines to target) but drones and colony ships?