>As MegaZone pointed out, it's not so much ECM as projected-energy AAA.
> A ship with a lot of small close-range blaster emplacements - like,
>say, a Star Destroyer or Yamato-class battleship - is going to
>be pretty much impervious to missile fire just because it can
>intercept any missile big enough to do it any damage. You could
>probably score a few hits with an Alpha-load of those little Robotech
>missiles, but so what? You wouldn't do any more damage than you would
>with a handful of gravel.

>--G.

Sure, one Alpha-load of General Hosement missiles won't do jack against a Star Destroyer, but send several squadrons of them and see what happens. The Alpha is an attack vessel, after all, and a pack animal. It's built to bring down the big game.

--rR