Looks like SIOM built the national laser facility at Soreq nuclear research center. Probably based on the Shenguang II design with 8 multi-Kilojoule beams. Definitely dual use. Very likely China was more involved with Israel’s nuclear weapon program than Iran’s.
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What is Shenguang II? It translates to "divine light/beam" in English but can you give info on when China developed it, what it's been used for that sort of stuff?
How is/was China involved in Israel's nuclear weapon program and how does lasers factor into it?
There are two ways to do Nuclear Fusion research - Tokamaks or Laser Inertial. Although many countries research the latter claiming that it’s for fusion power generation research, it is a cover for hydrogen bomb research.
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According to the article in Chinese, Shenguang II 神光II, literally "Light of God", or "Divine Light" is the first laser equipment/facility export to Israel, it is huge, about 2 soccer field size, and is for very likely civilian research purpose. The facility was completed in 2017 after 6 years of work.
大家听说过激光聚变么，它是人类目前最庞大、最复杂、超精密的超大型科学工程，也是各科技强国争相开展战略部署的制高点。谁掌握了激光聚变技术，谁就掌握了人类未来的能源和命运。
中国科学院上海光机所神光Ⅱ高功率激光实验设施经过几十年的不断进步和发展，已经成为世界独特的具有全时间域覆盖能力和多种组合打靶模式的综合激光物理实验平台并取得突破性物理研究成果，同时也培养了一个敢战能胜的高功率激光技术研究团队。
以色列的国家激光装置（NLF）是我国首台出口发达国家的高功率激光装置，对激光参数和可靠性提出了非常严格苛刻的要求。
该项目的成功大大提升了我国在高功率激光领域的国际影响力。经过6年多的攻关，于2017年底完成了该装置的验收交付，得到了以色列方面及我国各级领导的高度肯定。
Hydrogen bomb is 20th century tech which was developed by Jews. I doubt that Israel couldn't have simply managed to get all the required tools and equipment from the US. Plus they had nukes well before 2017. So doubt this laser was used to develop Israel's nukes which is sort of a morale win.
They probably just use it for nuclear research. Developing other weapons using it is a possibility but that's neither here nor there.
They probably just use it for nuclear research. Developing other weapons using it is a possibility but that's neither here nor there.
You don’t use it to develop nukes, you use it to simulate conditions similar to nuclear fusion so that you can improve existing designs/understand how the bomb would behave under different environments.
They do lasers, incidentally including the CO2 kind used by EUVL machines.