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Very dumb question from a naive newbie: if you lay mines in a hex and then sweep it, will you clear your own mines or just enemy mines (if there are any)?

you can only sweep enemy mines

But you can hit your own mines.

However hitting your own mines is a very rare event. In all my play, I've never had it happen to any of my units.

mine sweepers hit mines all the time ask me! (karboom)

Yes true, but in my experience in the combat report it is clear that they are enemy mines.

Hitting your own mines in your own ports is extremely rare. I have never hit any, other than the occasional ACM tendering mines blowing.


Hitting own mines in an enemy port is less rare. I few months ago, I lost a mined based (ownership changed to enemy), and one turn afterwards a ship hit a mine there

Good point Jorge, I was talking in terms of "defensive minefields" which by definition are in ports that the player "owns". Hal

Yup, you can hit your own mine or their. It happen!

True irony is when one of your own mine-layers sinks after hitting a friendly mine....particularly when you sent it to lay the minefield where it hit the mine. [X(]

Can you say 'Hoisted by your own petard?" [:-]

ORIGINAL: dr.hal

However hitting your own mines is a very rare event. In all my play, I've never had it happen to any of my units.

Read my AAR...I hit them with regularity. [:D]

If your ship hits a mine, how can you tell if it was your own mine, or possibly a mine laid by the enemy?

Ask MrKane about the dangers of hitting your own mines.

He laid an offensive minefield at Namatanai and, when invading there, suffered numerous mine hits. I have no idea how many mines or minefields he laid.

ORIGINAL: jwolf

If your ship hits a mine, how can you tell if it was your own mine, or possibly a mine laid by the enemy?

You cant tell, once you hear a loud boom, then you know something hit a mine in that location. Best way to deal with this is clean up the mess, both your mines and their.