Laser Ignition Device

A laser ignition device for firing munitions from a weapon, comprising:

• a projectile cartridge mountable in a barrel of said weapon, said projectile cartridge having a laser lens formed therethrough;
• a column of laser ignitable propellant housed within said cartridge;
• a projectile frictionally affixed into a proximal end of said cartridge;
• a firing laser incorporated into said weapon, said firing laser's output light adjacent to said projectile cartridge and residing such that its laser light beam is directly aligned with said laser lens of said projectile cartridge;
• a firing control module;
• a trigger mechanism incorporated into said weapon and connected to said firing control module;
• a power supply connected to said firing laser and to said firing control module;
• wherein said firing control module initiates a power burst from said power supply to said firing laser upon a fire signal from said trigger mechanism to fire said laser.