Laser engages airborne threat

But how do you know that? Unless you have intimate knowledge of each countires present stockpiles you have no clue when they will be time expired. You’ll find some countries keep stockpiles at the ready for decades, Russia being a prime example.

Common sense, lasers are expensive and are going to continue like that for a long time unless battery technology improves beyond of what is feasible with current technology and dumb munitions are usually retired way before their expiration date even if they continue in storage for no good reason half a century after they were produced.

Resorting to old munitions comes in handy during civil wars when expired ammo of any type becomes useful for whoever puts its hands on them first but it’s a thing of necessity. In a conventional conflict smart munitions or improved conventional designs are going to be the preferred option when dealing with advanced point defenses for the next decades.

Most conventional munitions are going to reach their expiration date before laser point defenses are widespread enough to replace existing gun based point defenses that already today suffer from scarcity of air burst due to price.

But how do you know that? Unless you have intimate knowledge of each countires present stockpiles you have no clue when they will be time expired. You’ll find some countries keep stockpiles at the ready for decades, Russia being a prime example.

Perhaps, but even if a munition were to be designed that negates these new-fangled laser based area defence weapons the problem is that all the old munitions (perhaps hundreds of thousands in some nations arsenals) are useless and the expensve process of restocking has to happen if they want to keep that capability.

Most conventional munitions are going to reach their expiration date before laser point defenses are widespread enough to replace existing gun based point defenses that already today suffer from scarcity of air burst due to price.

Laser engages air, land and sea based targets….

and now this…

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:7d6e4cb6-8363-459d-b0b8-6108087ef7b1

A new market for cooled and encapsulated munitions appears in the horizon.

Perhaps, but even if a munition were to be designed that negates these new-fangled laser based area defence weapons the problem is that all the old munitions (perhaps hundreds of thousands in some nations arsenals) are useless and the expensve process of restocking has to happen if they want to keep that capability.
(I’m not stalking you on the forum BTW, you post was interesting and therefore worth responding to. Not that the other guys in the threads posts weren’t of course, its all good stuff!)

A new market for cooled and encapsulated munitions appears in the horizon.

Agreed. Needs at least 10x more energy on target.

Mhm. Too slow. With a 3 sec illumination such a system better be effective over at least 5.000 meter (assuming a 1 km/s target).