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A high impulse fuze booster includes a booster explosive charge positioned within an explosive charge cavity of a booster housing. A substantially planar flyer plate is coupled with the booster housing, and a detonation waveshaper is positioned within the booster explosive charge. A low-sensitivity

A high impulse fuze booster includes a booster explosive charge positioned within an explosive charge cavity of a booster housing. A substantially planar flyer plate is coupled with the booster housing, and a detonation waveshaper is positioned within the booster explosive charge. A low-sensitivity explosive charge is opposed to the substantially planar flyer plate. The booster explosive charge is configured to generate a detonation wave and the detonation waveshaper shapes the detonation wave into a planar detonation wave, the planar detonation wave is parallel to the substantially planar flyer plate. The planar detonation wave interacts with the substantially planar flyer plate in two or more stages including a planar striking stage and a planar contact stage where the planar detonation wave carries the substantially planar flyer plate into planar contact with a plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge to initiate the low-sensitivity explosive charge.

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1. 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 substantially planar flyer plate coupled with the booster housing;a detonation waveshaper positioned wi

1. 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 substantially planar flyer plate coupled with the booster housing;a detonation waveshaper positioned within the booster explosive charge; andthe booster explosive charge is configured to generate a detonation wave and the detonation waveshaper is configured to shape the detonation wave into a planar detonation wave, the planar detonation wave is parallel to the substantially planar flyer plate. 2. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 1 comprising a low-sensitivity explosive charge opposed to the substantially planar flyer plate, wherein planar detonation wave interacts with the substantially planar flyer plate in two or more stages including: a planar striking stage where the planar detonation wave strikes the substantially planar flyer plate, anda planar contact stage where the planar detonation wave carries the substantially planar flyer plate into planar contact with a plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge to initiate the low-sensitivity explosive charge. 3. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 2, wherein in the planar contact stage the planar detonation wave maintains the substantially planar flyer plate parallel to the plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge. 4. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 2, wherein the planar detonation wave interacts with the substantially planar flyer plate in an intermediate space projecting stage between the striking stage and the planar contact stage, and in the space projecting stage the planar detonation wave carries the substantially planar flyer plate across a space toward the low-sensitivity explosive charge and maintains the substantially planar flyer plate in the substantially planar configuration and parallel to the plurality of surfaces. 5. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 2, wherein in the planar contact stage the planar detonation wave constrains a trajectory and an angular orientation of the substantially planar flyer plate according to the parallel orientation of the planar detonation wave to the substantially planar flyer plate. 6. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 2, wherein the substantially planar flyer plate includes an exterior face, and the exterior face is substantially parallel to the planar detonation wave before, during and after the planar striking stage and the planar contact stage. 7. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 1, wherein the detonation waveshaper includes a first waveshaper surface near a booster housing end wall, the detonation waveshaper includes a second tapered waveshaper surface between the substantially planar flyer plate and the first waveshaper surface. 8. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 7, wherein the booster explosive charge includes a transfer charge, and the transfer charge extends along the first waveshaper surface toward a booster housing sidewall of the booster housing, and a detonation path extends through the transfer charge toward the booster housing sidewall. 9. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 7, wherein one or more detonation paths extend over the second tapered waveshaper surface and extend radially inward from the booster housing sidewall. 10. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 1 comprising a fuze housing including a booster initiation lead positioned along a fuze housing perimeter, and the booster housing includes a lead orifice and the booster initiation lead extends from the fuze housing into the explosive charge cavity through the lead orifice. 11. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 1, wherein the detonation waveshaper includes: a waveshaper body, andwaveshaper insert coupled along the waveshaper body, the waveshaper insert includes a first waveshaper surface directed away from the substantially planar flyer plate, and the waveshaper body and the waveshaper insert are made of different materials. 12. The munition including the high-impulse fuze booster system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the waveshaper insert and the waveshaper body is denser than the other of the waveshaper body and the waveshaper insert. 13. 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; andstriking 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. 14. The method of claim 13 comprising impacting a low-sensitivity explosive charge with the substantially planar flyer plate, and an exterior face of the substantially planar flyer plate makes planar contact with a plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge at the moment of contact to immediately initiate detonation of the low-sensitivity explosive charge at one or more of the plurality of surfaces. 15. The method of claim 14 comprising controlling a trajectory and an angular orientation of the substantially planar flyer plate with the planar detonation wave before, during and after impacting of the low-sensitivity explosive charge, wherein the angular orientation of the substantially planar flyer plate is parallel to the plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge. 16. The method of claim 14 comprising settling of the low sensitivity explosive charge away from the substantially planar flyer plate before impacting of the low-sensitivity explosive charge with the substantially planar flyer plate, settling forming a space between the substantially planar flyer plate and the low-sensitivity explosive charge. 17. The method of claim 14 comprising projecting the substantially planar flyer plate away from the booster housing across a space toward the low-sensitivity explosive charge, the planar detonation wave front maintains the planar flyer plate substantially parallel to the plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge throughout movement from the booster housing to the low-sensitivity explosive charge across the space. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein projecting the substantially planar flyer plate away from the booster housing includes maintaining the substantially planar flyer plate in a substantially planar configuration without warping deformation of the substantially planar flyer plate after striking by the planar detonation wave and at least until substantially planar flyer plate impacts the low-sensitivity explosive charge. 19. The method of claim 13, wherein shaping the detonation wave into the planar detonation wave includes: directing the detonation wave through the booster housing along a first waveshaper surface of the detonation waveshaper;directing the detonation wave around the first waveshaper surface toward a second tapered waveshaper surface;directing the detonation wave along the second tapered waveshaper surface, and the detonation wave changes into the planar detonation wave as the detonation wave moves along the second tapered waveshaper surface. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein directing the detonation wave along the second tapered waveshaper surface includes expanding the detonation wave between the second tapered waveshaper surface and a booster housing sidewall as the detonation wave moves toward the substantially planar flyer plate. 21. The method of claim 13 comprising containing the planar detonation wave within the booster housing until striking of the substantially planar flyer plate, and constraining the planar detonation wave to exit the booster housing substantially through a booster housing end portion opened by the substantially planar flyer plate projecting away from the booster housing. 22. 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; andcoupling 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. 23. The method of claim 22 comprising coupling the booster housing assembly with a fuze housing. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein positioning the booster explosive charge within the explosive charge cavity includes coupling the booster explosive charge between a tapered waveshaper surface of the detonation waveshaper and a booster housing sidewall. 25. The method of claim 22 comprising coupling a waveshaper insert along a waveshaper body opposed to a tapered waveshaper surface directed toward the substantially planar flyer plate. 26. The method of claim 22 comprising positioning the booster housing within a munition housing, and the munition housing includes a low-sensitivity explosive charge adjacent to an exterior face of the substantially planar flyer plate. 27. The method of claim 22 comprising positioning the booster housing within a munition housing, the munition housing includes a low-sensitivity explosive charge spaced from and parallel to an exterior face of the substantially planar flyer plate, and the detonation wave shaper through the generation of the planar detonation wave is configured to control the trajectory and maintain a parallel orientation of the substantially planar flyer plate to the low-sensitivity explosive charge across the space between the booster housing and the low-sensitivity explosive charge.