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As far as I know, in 2011 People’s Liberation Army General Armament Department (GAD) of PRC and the Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA) signed an agreement on collaboration in computer simulation of nuclear explosions.
As a result, under the agreement, last year the Sino-French Laboratory for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (LIAMA) set up some research projects. It has to be mentioned that LIAMA is an operative research hub, created in 1997 and jointly funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA). The Institute of Automation, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA), which is keen on establishing academic links with world leading research laboratories and promoting international collaboration, hosts LIAMA.
The laboratory is co-directed by Prof. Jeanne Pierre Jouannaud (France), Vania Joloboff (France) and Tianzi Jiang (China).
To raise effectiveness of bilateral collaboration, renowned French experts in the field of nuclear explosion simulation have been involved in the project, among them: Jean Roman, Deputy Scientific Director of the Research Department with responsibility for Applied Mathematics, Computing, and Simulation (INRIA); the Scientific Adviser of the French Atomic Energy Commission’s Military Applications Division (CEA DAM); Dr. Pierre Yves Strube (INRIA), and Jean Gonnord, the Head of the Computer Simulation and IT-projects at the CEA.
Moreover, being the main Chinese institution responsible for research, development and testing of China’s nuclear weapons, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) is the organization authorized to implement the agreement on behalf of PRC. Additionally, prominent Chinese defense scientists of the Institute of Fluid Physics and experts on Physics of Detonation wave Propagation, such as Zhao Tianghua, Director of the Institute, and Tan Hua, Deputy Chief Engineer, are involved in the project.
For 3D nuclear blast simulation, the CAEP scientists have at their disposal supercomputers Tianhe-IA and Nebulae with the processing power of 2.57 petaFLOPS and 1.27 petaFLOPS respectively.
And finally, the results of computer simulation of a nuclear explosion obtained by French scientists are estimated on the CAEP experimental laser facility with two synchronized beams with total power of 2 kj, pulse duration 1ns, wavelength 1,053 μm.
The results of the research are expected to help the Chinese to obtain sensitive technologies of nuclear weapons modeling. While participating in this project, France seeks to get broader access not only to the PRC’s nuclear power market, but also to the Chinese weapons market, should the EU lift its embargo.
Imho, given China’s re-emergence for regional dominance and its lust for sensitive technologies, this bilateral collaboration threatens to turn a nightmare not only for France. The only surprise for me here is that a cautious Paris is walking a thin line on the issue.
Guys, I would appreciate anyone’s opinion on the point.
As a result, under the agreement, last year the Sino-French Laboratory for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (LIAMA) set up some research projects. It has to be mentioned that LIAMA is an operative research hub, created in 1997 and jointly funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA). The Institute of Automation, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA), which is keen on establishing academic links with world leading research laboratories and promoting international collaboration, hosts LIAMA.
The laboratory is co-directed by Prof. Jeanne Pierre Jouannaud (France), Vania Joloboff (France) and Tianzi Jiang (China).
To raise effectiveness of bilateral collaboration, renowned French experts in the field of nuclear explosion simulation have been involved in the project, among them: Jean Roman, Deputy Scientific Director of the Research Department with responsibility for Applied Mathematics, Computing, and Simulation (INRIA); the Scientific Adviser of the French Atomic Energy Commission’s Military Applications Division (CEA DAM); Dr. Pierre Yves Strube (INRIA), and Jean Gonnord, the Head of the Computer Simulation and IT-projects at the CEA.
Moreover, being the main Chinese institution responsible for research, development and testing of China’s nuclear weapons, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) is the organization authorized to implement the agreement on behalf of PRC. Additionally, prominent Chinese defense scientists of the Institute of Fluid Physics and experts on Physics of Detonation wave Propagation, such as Zhao Tianghua, Director of the Institute, and Tan Hua, Deputy Chief Engineer, are involved in the project.
For 3D nuclear blast simulation, the CAEP scientists have at their disposal supercomputers Tianhe-IA and Nebulae with the processing power of 2.57 petaFLOPS and 1.27 petaFLOPS respectively.
And finally, the results of computer simulation of a nuclear explosion obtained by French scientists are estimated on the CAEP experimental laser facility with two synchronized beams with total power of 2 kj, pulse duration 1ns, wavelength 1,053 μm.
The results of the research are expected to help the Chinese to obtain sensitive technologies of nuclear weapons modeling. While participating in this project, France seeks to get broader access not only to the PRC’s nuclear power market, but also to the Chinese weapons market, should the EU lift its embargo.
Imho, given China’s re-emergence for regional dominance and its lust for sensitive technologies, this bilateral collaboration threatens to turn a nightmare not only for France. The only surprise for me here is that a cautious Paris is walking a thin line on the issue.
Guys, I would appreciate anyone’s opinion on the point.