A laser threat warning system, configured to detect the presence of laser radiation transmitted by a threat source, said laser warning system comprising: a plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, configured to receive incoming laser radiation, said laser detectors comprising: at least one impact recognition laser detector, configured to detect the presence of said incoming laser radiation, said impact recognition laser detector comprising at least one filter configured to filter out said incoming laser radiation based on filtering criteria selected from the list consisting of: wavelength; and pulse duration; and at least one spectral laser detector, configured to detect the wavelength of said incoming laser radiation; at least one filtering mechanism (122, 124, 126), configured to filter out noise and irrelevant receptions; and at least one threat identification mechanism (130, 132), configured to positively identify said threat and determine characteristics of said threat, characterized in that said filtering mechanism comprises: an adjustable threshold mechanism, configured to dynamically adjust a threshold level of at least one of said laser detectors, said threshold level adaptively selected in accordance with ambient light conditions detected by at least one ambient light detector; and a correlation filtering mechanism, configured to determine that said incoming laser radiation is associated with a valid threat source if said laser radiation arrives within a predetermined time interval at said plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, and to determine that said incoming laser radiation results from noise if said laser radiation does not arrive within said predetermined time interval at said plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, and wherein said threat identification mechanism comprises: a temporal mapping mechanism, configured to generate temporal pulse mappings of input pulses obtained by sampling said incoming laser radiation, each mapping comprising a model of pulse characteristics over time for each input pulse, and further configured to identify and characterize a threat source from which an input pulse originates, by comparing said pulse mappings with a threat database comprising threat information associated with pulse characteristics. a plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, configured to receive incoming laser radiation, said laser detectors comprising: at least one impact recognition laser detector, configured to detect the presence of said incoming laser radiation, said impact recognition laser detector comprising at least one filter configured to filter out said incoming laser radiation based on filtering criteria selected from the list consisting of: wavelength; and pulse duration; and at least one spectral laser detector, configured to detect the wavelength of said incoming laser radiation; at least one impact recognition laser detector, configured to detect the presence of said incoming laser radiation, said impact recognition laser detector comprising at least one filter configured to filter out said incoming laser radiation based on filtering criteria selected from the list consisting of: wavelength; and pulse duration; and at least one spectral laser detector, configured to detect the wavelength of said incoming laser radiation; at least one filtering mechanism (122, 124, 126), configured to filter out noise and irrelevant receptions; and at least one threat identification mechanism (130, 132), configured to positively identify said threat and determine characteristics of said threat, characterized in that said filtering mechanism comprises: an adjustable threshold mechanism, configured to dynamically adjust a threshold level of at least one of said laser detectors, said threshold level adaptively selected in accordance with ambient light conditions detected by at least one ambient light detector; and a correlation filtering mechanism, configured to determine that said incoming laser radiation is associated with a valid threat source if said laser radiation arrives within a predetermined time interval at said plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, and to determine that said incoming laser radiation results from noise if said laser radiation does not arrive within said predetermined time interval at said plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, and an adjustable threshold mechanism, configured to dynamically adjust a threshold level of at least one of said laser detectors, said threshold level adaptively selected in accordance with ambient light conditions detected by at least one ambient light detector; and a correlation filtering mechanism, configured to determine that said incoming laser radiation is associated with a valid threat source if said laser radiation arrives within a predetermined time interval at said plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, and to determine that said incoming laser radiation results from noise if said laser radiation does not arrive within said predetermined time interval at said plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, and wherein said threat identification mechanism comprises: a temporal mapping mechanism, configured to generate temporal pulse mappings of input pulses obtained by sampling said incoming laser radiation, each mapping comprising a model of pulse characteristics over time for each input pulse, and further configured to identify and characterize a threat source from which an input pulse originates, by comparing said pulse mappings with a threat database comprising threat information associated with pulse characteristics.