Editing ECM Program

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The [[ECM Program]], or Electronic Counter Measures Program, is designed to confuse and misdirect enemy electronics, particularly sensors and guidance systems. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
* This is a [[program]], a kind of [[computer software]].
* It is designed to be used with a [[Ship’s Computer]], although it could be used with other kinds of [[computer]]s as well.
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Defensive programs are used to protect a starship against enemy action.
* ECM is an electronic countermeasures program which jams and confuses the homing heads of incoming missiles, forcing them to explode prematurely in many cases. During the laser return fire phase, it will destroy nearly all missiles in near-contact with the ship.
* Most missiles are destroyed at sufficient distance to prevent damage to the ship although sometimes missiles detonating closer to the ship may cause minor or sometimes even major damage. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}}

=== Selected Computer Programs ===
{{:Referral-Tree-Defensive-Programs}}

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
Software within [[Charted Space]] is intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different [[technology level]]s of [[computer]]s, and to be extensively toughened for hard use under [[vacuum]] if necessary.
 
''The Software List:'' The computer software list, available at nearly any software vendor or port, indicates the various programs that are available. It shows space required by a specific program in [[CPU]] or storage, its price in [[MCr]], and its title. Also shown is a brief overview of its effects. {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller}}  

''Software Authorship:'' Various requirements exist for individual characters producing existng or new programs. Such a course can save money, but may have some pitfalls. Program generation is explained elsewhere. {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller}}  

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite |name= Starships |page= 38 |version= Classic Traveller}}  
|S2= {{Ludography cite |name= Starter Traveller |page= 10, 13, 32, 38-39 }} 
|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}


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