CNIM produces key components for the submarine launched nuclear missiles in the French arsenal.
Nuclear Weapons | Investments (years compared) (2021) (2020) (2019)
Nuclear Weapons
CNIM states that it is “a major player in French deterrence programs since 1961”.7 CNIM Systèmes Industriels (CSI) is the sole supplier of missile launch systems for nuclear submarines and does the M51 missile integration.8
Testing nuclear weapons
In 1996 France ended full scale explosive nuclear testing and instead launched the Laser Mégajoule project (LMJ) “to extend the life of its nuclear deterrent by simulating explosions of nuclear weapons”.9 The nuclear test simulations are managed by CEA/DAM (Military Applications Directorate of France’s Atomic and Alternative Energy Authority).10 CNIM states that it has been involved since 1999 with the manufacture of high-precision mechanical and optical devices for the LMJ.11 The Laser Mégajoule is designed to “validate theoretical models of nuclear weapon detonations, and therefore plays an important role in France’s nuclear simulation program”.12
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Notes
- About us (2016) | CNIM. Available at: https://cnim.com/en/group/about-us.
- Defense and Security (2022) | CNIM Systèmes Industriels. Available at: Defense & Security | CNIM (cnim-systemes-industriels.com).
- ‘CNIM Groupe Universal Registration Document 2020’, CNIM (2021). Available at: https://cnim.com/sites/default/files/media/Finance/CNIM-DEU2020-EN.pdf.
- Groupe REEL takes over CNIM Systèmes Industriels, Groupe Reel, 28 September 2022. Available at: https://cnim.com/sites/default/files/media/Actualit%C3%A9s/Communiqu%C3%A9%20de%20presse%20CNIM%20EN.pdf.
- About (2021) | REEL. Available at: https://www.reelinternational.com/en/about/.
- Defense (2021) | REEL. Available at: https://www.reelinternational.com/en/industries/defense-2/.
- Defense and Security (2022) | CNIM Systèmes Industriels. Available at: Defense & Security | CNIM (cnim-systemes-industriels.com).
- ‘Budget Général. Programme 146. Projets Annuels de Performances. Annexe au Projet de Loi de Finances pour 2023: Équipement Des Forces’ (2023), RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, p. 28. Available at: https://www.budget.gouv.fr/index.php/documentation/documents-budgetaires/exercice-2023/projet-de-loi-de-finances/budget-general/defense.
- The Laser Megajoule: power and precision for French Deterrence (2022) | CNIM Systèmes Industriels. Available at:EB-business case-LMJ-contenu-réalisation (dissuasion)-EN | CNIM SI (cnim-systemes-industriels.com) (Accessed: 29 Novemberr 2022); Defense and Security (2022) | CNIM Systèmes Industriels. Available at: Defense & Security | CNIM (cnim-systemes-industriels.com).
- Laser Mégajoule - Experiences (2022) | CEA. Available at: http://www-lmj.cea.fr/lmj-applications-defense.html .
- The Laser Megajoule: power and precision for French Deterrence (no date) CNIM. Available at: https://cnim.com/en/laser-megajoule-power-and-precision-french-deterrence (Accessed: 29 September 2022).
- Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda (2019) ‘French nuclear forces, 2019’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 75(1), pp. 51–55, p. 54. doi:10.1080/00963402.2019.1556003.