What does KT really mean??

[Sabre21]

I was just wondering what the abbreviation KT following the ship size is supposed to represent? Is it KiloTon (2.2 standard US tons) or does the K mean 1,000 tons..kinda confusing I know..but think about it. If it means 2.2 US tons, the fighter sizes of 15, 20 , and 25 would be about right...although the heavy might be on the light side...but a 1000KT ship in the game wouldn't be squat in real life, considering todays destroyes go at about 10,000 tons and a Nimitz carrier exceeds 100,000 and supertankers at 250,000.

But if you take the other approach, being that 1000KT ship is actually 1,000,000 tons...sheesh..this is one big ship, with the lightest escort of 150KT being 50% heavier than the Nimitz. My idea of an escort is pretty small...maybe 50 crew or so...not the 6000+ the Nimitz has. Then even the fighters would be at horrendous sizes too...15,000 tons for the light fighter..hehe, as big as a navy cruiser.

So either way you look at it, you either have tiny little ships much smaller than contempory naval vessels, or huge mammoth monsters. Kinda curious what the intention was on this. As for gameplay it works ok.