According to the development roadmap of airborne laser test bed (ALTB) and the evaluation results of its battlefield effect made by scholars from Germany and USA, the foreground of ALTB against missile and satellite is favorable and encouraging, whereas there is still a long way to go to deploy and employ it on future battlefield. Based on the near-term development and experimental results, we point out the main factors which have significantly negative influences on the long-range strike capability of ALTB.