Methods and apparatus for high-impulse fuze booster for insensitive munitions

A method of using a munition including a high-impulse fuze booster system, the method comprising:

• initiating a booster explosive charge within an explosive charge cavity in a booster housing, the booster explosive charge generates a detonation wave;
• shaping the detonation wave into a planar detonation wave with a detonation wave shaper in the explosive charge cavity;
• and
• striking a substantially planar flyer plate coupled over the explosive charge cavity of the booster housing with the planar detonation wave, wherein the planar detonation wave is substantially parallel to the substantially planar flyer plate at striking.

A method for making a munition including a high-impulse fuze booster, the method comprising:

• positioning a detonation waveshaper within an explosive charge cavity of a booster housing;
• positioning a booster explosive charge within the explosive charge cavity, the detonation waveshaper is positioned within the booster explosive charge;
• and
• coupling a substantially planar flyer plate with the booster housing, the substantially planar flyer plate extends over the explosive charge cavity, and the detonation waveshaper is configured to direct a planar detonation wave into the substantially planar flyer plate, the planar detonation wave is substantially parallel to the substantially planar flyer plate.