What is the main challenge of creating energy based weapons?

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For example: laser rifles or pistols, anything that shoots out concussive energy that you see in sci-fi shooter games. This is obviously in the realm of science fiction but I can’t imagine that kind of technology is impossible to come by. With those weapons they can probably hold up to hundreds of rounds worth of energy/plasma/etc.

What would be the main roadblock with this kind of weaponry?

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The biggest problem is storing energy and allow the system to be charged back quickly. We do have the airborne laser prototype, it uses a chemical laser and the energy storage took the back of a 737. Whereas a bullet has chemical energy ready to go “analog” vs charge shoot and recharge

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