Patent ID: 8056478

Claim:
A munition including a high-impulse fuze booster system, the high-impulse fuze booster comprising: a booster explosive charge positioned within an explosive charge cavity of a booster housing; a detonation waveshaper positioned within the booster explosive charge and interposed between a booster initiation lead and a flyer plate, the detonation waveshaper includes a first waveshaper surface extending over and away from the booster initiation lead and a second tapered waveshaper surface tapering toward the flyer plate, wherein one or more detonation paths extend across the first waveshaper surface and around the detonation waveshaper between the first waveshaper surface and second tapered waveshaper surface, and the one or more detonation paths extend over the second tapered waveshaper surface toward the flyer plate; and wherein the flyer plate is a substantially continuous planar plate extending across the booster housing.