I've noticed that the biters with chain lightning attacks such as electric and sapper have the ability to bypass turret minimum range. I'm not sure exactly how this occurs, but my best guess is that the entity-name.electric-biter-v1-t9-beam-rampant entity that the attacks generate is somehow being targeted by the turret, but the entity moves so fast that it drags the shot back within minimum range. This can result in turret shots hitting the turret that fired them. In the case of advanced laser turrets from rampant arsenal, this nearly one shots everything in a radius around the turret and can result in breeching your own defenses.

As far as I know, the minimum range only works at the moment of shooting. If the target of the projectile is a biter, then it can run further and even if it runs close, projectile will hit.

It's strange that electric biters do this for you. According to the idea, this is what fast biters, suiciders and nuclear ones do, due to their enormous speed. To prevent this from happening, cover from other turrets is needed to finish off those who have broken through close.

In general, this is what was intended: it is impossible to protect the perimeter only with long-range turrets

The main issue the advanced laser turret has is that the minimum range is so low that not only can you not place them in a line or risk direct friendly fire, but this luring effect of electric biters causes more damage to the defenses than the actual biter attacks do. It's not so bad with fast biters and the like because other turrets kill them in time, but electric biters can bomb deep into defenses by luring advanced laser shots.

Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the shooting of turrets at the lightning of electric/sapper biters.
It would be nice to get a save from you for the moment when the above happens

I tested it with a single advanced laser turret fighting several t9 electric biters. It seems to be random, as it can take quite a while with one turret for it to happen.