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; 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, wherein 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; characterized by 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 a friendly fire avoidance mechanism, configured to filter detected laser radiation transmitted by a non-threat source, based on an electromagnetic radiation signal from said non-threat source, 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, and to identify and characterize a threat source from which an input pulse originates, by comparing said pulse mappings with threat database records; and a first arrival mechanism, configured to determine at which of said laser detectors said incoming laser radiation arrived first, based on the detection timestamps of said laser detectors. a plurality of spatially separated laser detectors, configured to receive 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, wherein 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; characterized by 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 a friendly fire avoidance mechanism, configured to filter detected laser radiation transmitted by a non-threat source, based on an electromagnetic radiation signal from said non-threat source, 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; characterized by 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 a friendly fire avoidance mechanism, configured to filter detected laser radiation transmitted by a non-threat source, based on an electromagnetic radiation signal from said non-threat source, 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, and to identify and characterize a threat source from which an input pulse originates, by comparing said pulse mappings with threat database records; and a first arrival mechanism, configured to determine at which of said laser detectors said incoming laser radiation arrived first, based on the detection timestamps of said laser detectors. a temporal mapping mechanism, configured to generate temporal pulse mappings of input pulses obtained by sampling said incoming laser radiation, and to identify and characterize a threat source from which an input pulse originates, by comparing said pulse mappings with threat database records; and a first arrival mechanism, configured to determine at which of said laser detectors said incoming laser radiation arrived first, based on the detection timestamps of said laser detectors.