And how are lasers an improvement over conventional anti aircraft missiles? This is purely educated guess, but my guess is that lasers make the problem much m

And how are lasers an improvement over conventional anti aircraft missiles? This is purely educated guess, but my guess is that lasers make the problem much much easier and hence much more effective. Instead of needing to calculate a trajectory of the inbound aircraft, predict its future location (i.e. where the puck is going to be), and correctly calculate a trajectory for the intercept missile, you can probably just assume all that away because lasers travel at the speed of light. As long as you can get a fix on where the aircraft is right now, point the laser, pull the trigger.