Navy Will Make 2013 Its Year of the Laser Gun

Or you could say have some kind of electricity generating turbine that produces more power than the ship needs, and that excess goes to a capacitor of some sort to store said energy, then use said capacitor to discharge when laser needs firing. Have a few capacitors on station to use, when needed, and i think you have a continuous power source for your laser. Also to my knowlege the new ford class will have plenty of power to use laser weaponry when needed. IMO a great replacement for ciws.

Polished shiny surfaces on the missiles or aircraft might make them unaffected by the laser, it will just disperse the beam. Just a thought.

I think a laser powerful enough wont have to worry about getting reflected. Also, 90% of planes out there are no longer shiny metal surfaces. Nothing like a good ram coating to set on fire.