“I am of the opinion that lasers will eventually make missiles obsolete.”
The problem with lasers is total energy and time on target. If the atmospheric conditions are bad; rain, fog, etc. and/or the target is maneuvering, or very small, or reflective, all of that matters. If you fire through a cloud, the part of the beam you see is not energy hitting the target. So, yes, lasers will matter, but they are not a panacea. (Nothing is, really. Until we get force shields and a warp core where the ejection system isn’t ALWAYS offline...)
The thing about missiles and anti-missile systems, is, nobody knows how good either are until they are used in actual combat. We will most likely find that missiles only hit the target some of the time and antimissile systems work about as well. On the other hand, compared to aircraft carriers missiles are dirt cheap and you can launch lots of them simultaneously. Who cares if half of them miss if it only takes two or three that hit?
Well said and all very true!