"First booster charge nearly ready to break off!"

A doughnut shaped main charge surrounds a central booster charge.

At a purely technical level, a sufficiently large detonator would initiate high explosives without the need for a booster charge.

The main charge consists of a stable explosive that is detonated by the booster charge.

Her squall was the booster charge.

When encountered in connection with artillery shells or air dropped bombs, a booster charge is sometimes referred to as the "gaine".

However the reliability of the mechanism was largely unknown, and the detonator and booster charge could still present a hazard.

The booster charge is a highly sensitive explosive that will explode easily when subjected to the shock of the detonator.

This ignites a pyro booster charge, which is retained in the safe and arm device behind a perforated plate.

Pentolite is a high explosive used for military and civilian purposes e.g. warheads and booster charges.

The completed cartridge might also contain a booster charge of powdered propellant, to help ignite the body and provide initial thrust to the bullet.

When the buzzbomb hit the side of the combat car between the left and center gun positions, the fuze fired but the damaged booster charge did not.

A central pressure cap is made of glass, which sits on top of a chemical fuze, which is crushed open onto the booster charge.

The fuse then detonates a booster charge located in the base of the warhead, which sets off the main warhead charge.

The SF 1 fuze was constructed of glass and wood and contained a detonator and booster charge.

The booster charge is embedded in the TNT main charge, above which are a number of scrap metal fragments, giving a secondary anti-personnel effect.

The explosives used by the bombers consisted of Chapatti flour powder mixed with liquid hydrogen peroxide, detonated by a booster charge.

In the case of the RPG-7, the rocket is launched by a gunpowder booster charge, and the rocket motor ignites only after 10 metres.

The PDM-1M is almost identical to the PDM-1 only having a booster charge to ensure detonation.

When the trigger is pulled, a firing pin ignites the primer, which then ignites a powder booster charge that pushes the bullet into the barrel.

Primary explosives such as mercury fulminate were often used as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster charge such as tetryl.

The entire fusion fuel canister would need to be enveloped by fission energy, to both compress and heat it, as with the booster charge in a boosted primary.

The mine is conventional in layout with a central pressure plate, and doughnut shaped main charge around a booster charge and RO-7-II fuze.

Explosive content: 0.15 kg of PETN/TNT with a Nitropenta booster charge.

It has a steel casing with a central, main fuze well, below which is a tetryl booster charge, both surrounded by the main explosive filling of TNT.