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Sensitive explosive charge
An explosive booster is a sensitive explosive charge that acts as a bridge between a (relatively weak) conventional detonator and a low-sensitivity (but
Explosive_booster
Sequence of events that results in the detonation of explosives
secondary high explosive and cause it to detonate. In this way, even very insensitive explosives may be used; the primary detonates a "booster" charge that
Explosive_train
Chemical compound
(C7H5N5O8) is an explosive compound used to make detonators and explosive booster charges. Tetryl is a nitramine booster explosive, though its use has
Tetryl
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up booster in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Booster may refer to: Booster (Fabbri ride), a pendulum ride Booster (HUSS ride), an evolution of the
Booster
Impact-resistant high explosive
brown sugar and requiring an explosive booster charge of granular crystallized grade A TNT for detonation. High-explosive shells were filled with grade
TNT
Substance that can explode
practical quantities of primary explosives, and instead require an intermediate explosive booster of secondary explosives. These are often used for safety
Explosive
Industrial high explosive
It is highly insensitive as an explosive, requiring a quantity of secondary explosive, known as a primer or a booster (larger than a standard blasting
ANFO
Device which initiates munition explosion
small amount of primary explosive to initiate the detonation. Fuzes for large explosive charges may include an explosive booster. The word derives from
Fuze
Soviet rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-7V2, capable of firing standard and dual high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds, high explosive/fragmentation, and thermobaric warheads, with a UP-7V
RPG-7
Small explosive device used to trigger a larger explosion
small explosive device or small quantity of explosive, which can be combined with a fuse, used for detonating a larger charge of high explosive. Detonators
Detonator
Type of electrically fired detonator
a spark gap or a krytron. Usually the construction consists of an explosive booster pellet, against which a disk with a hole in the center is set. Over
Slapper_detonator
Thin explosive tube
10 cm) along its entire length. A small charge of PETN, TNT, or other explosive booster is required to bridge between the cord and a charge of insensitive
Detonating_cord
Sunken US WWII ship in the Thames, London, England
Various explosive booster charges, smoke bombs (including white phosphorus bombs) and pyrotechnic signals One of the reasons that the explosives have not
SS_Richard_Montgomery
United States anti-tank landmine
firing pin into the detonator, which triggers the adjacent explosive booster and main explosive charge. The mine is fitted with two secondary fuze wells
M6_mine
Solid propellant rocket used by the Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster
Topics referred to by the same term
initiator, a neutron source used in some nuclear weapons Initiator, an Explosive booster Initiator, the first Nuclear chain reaction Pyrotechnic initiator
Initiator
High explosive mixture
insensitive. Primary explosives such as mercury fulminate were often used as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster charge such as tetryl
Amatol
Detonator fired by electric current
single booster charge, which then fired each of the 32 explosive lens units. EBWs were developed as a means of detonating multiple explosive charges
Exploding-bridgewire detonator
Exploding-bridgewire_detonator
Fictional element from Superman stories
Possible cancer treatment Varying genetic mutations (Smallville) Explosives booster (Smallville) Temporary absorption of Kryptonian powers via electricity
Kryptonite
Type of light artillery gun
recoilless gun, since its rocket-powered projectile is launched using an explosive booster charge (even more so when firing the OG-7V anti-personnel round, which
Recoilless_rifle
Explosive material
Ulster Volunteer Force, who often used gelignite as a booster. Pickett, Mike (2004). Explosives Identification Guide. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-4018-7821-4
Gelignite
Variety of plastic explosive
variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer
C-4_(explosive)
Device that detonates bomb on contact with hard surface
pellet to the booster explosive. Most artillery contact fuzes act immediately, although some may have a delay. This allows a high-explosive or semi-armour-piercing
Contact_fuze
Rangefinder and collision detection system
bigger explosive lead that channels into the explosive booster which initiates the shell's high explosive. In the DLY setting, the explosive lead is
M734_fuze
Explosive fastener used to separate components, typically in aerospace
using NASA standard detonators (NSDs) and explosive booster cartridges. The space shuttle used two NSDs and booster cartridges for the frangible nut atop
Frangible_nut
Part of the firing mechanism in a firearm
Dragontooth cluster munition showing firing pin, detonator and adjacent explosive booster charge Cross-sectional view of a Japanese Type 99 grenade showing
Firing_pin
fuel oil explosive) these binaries can be detonated by blasting caps. ANFO requires high explosive boosters to detonate it. Most binary explosives are a
Use_forms_of_explosives
Algerian al-Qaeda member imprisoned in the US (born 1967)
hexamine (used as an explosive booster in the manufacture of explosives) and glycol, and a notebook with instructions for making explosives. While in Montreal
Ahmed_Ressam
Part of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
The Explosive Shipping Classification System exists as part of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Good: Model Regulations
Explosives shipping classification system
Explosives_shipping_classification_system
British blast-incendiary field expedient explosive device
blast-incendiary field expedient explosive device, manufactured by mixing diesel oil, Thermite and Nobel 808 plastic explosive. It was created by Lieutenant
Lewes_bomb
Explosive chemical compound
was not a part of the main charge, each bomb contained plastic explosive used as a booster charge. Ahmed Ressam, the al-Qaeda Millennium Bomber, used a
RDX
WW2 Japanese rocket artillery
The Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters were rocket artillery systems used by garrison troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the late stages of World
Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters
Type_10_and_Type_3_rocket_boosters
Terrorist bombings in Russia
Urus-Martan, Chechnya. Also, each bomb contained some plastic explosive used as an explosive booster. RDX is produced in only one factory in Russia, in the city
1999 Russian apartment bombings
1999_Russian_apartment_bombings
Precision-guided general-purpose bomb
modes of explosion and utilises Torpex-4B mixed with RDX that act as explosive booster. The Ministry of Defence gave the green light to start mass production
High_Speed_Low_Drag_Bomb
High power explosive
Pentolite is a composite high explosive used for military and civilian purposes, e.g., warheads and booster charges. It is made of pentaerythritol tetranitrate
Pentolite
Unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system
pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air to escape
Uncontrolled_decompression
Type of earthquake bomb
woodmeal-wax composite with three cylindrical recesses fitted with the explosive boosters and into which three chemical time-fuses were inserted when the bomb
Tallboy_(bomb)
South African Claymore anti-personnel mine
(excluding legs) Width: 35 mm Weight: 1 kg Explosive content 0.46 kg of PE9 plastic explosive surrounding a PETN booster It was superseded by the Shrapnel mine
Mini_MS-803_mine
Form of land mine designed for use against humans
detonated by the booster charge. This is necessary, because making a mine entirely out of a highly sensitive detonator or booster explosive would be more
Anti-personnel_mine
Type of rocket launcher
It entered serial production in 2000. The PF-97 (RPO-A) has a larger explosive filler compared to the PF-89's thermobaric variant, ensuring adequate
PF-97
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
July 7, 2026, SpaceX has successfully landed Falcon 9 boosters 598 times. Individual boosters have flown as many as 35 flights. Both stages are powered
Falcon_9
Explosion in the United States
began on the ground floor. The facility was making cast boosters for commercial mining. The explosive mixture usually includes TNT, RDX or cyclonite. The
2025 Tennessee manufacturing plant explosion
2025_Tennessee_manufacturing_plant_explosion
Extended range surface-to-air missile with anti-ship capability
ships. The RIM-66 Standard MR was essentially the same missile without a booster stage designed to replace the RIM-24 Tartar, another early medium-range
RIM-67_Standard
Effort by SpaceX to make rockets that can fly multiple times
occurring in June 2017, only five months after the maiden flight of the booster. The third attempt occurred in October 2017 with the SES-11/EchoStar-105
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program
High-explosive mixture of HMX and TNT
Octol is a melt-castable, high explosive mixture consisting of HMX and TNT in different weight proportions. Two formulations are commonly used: 70% HMX
Octol
General purpose plastic explosive
Semtex is a general-purpose plastic explosive containing RDX and PETN. It is used in commercial blasting, demolition, and in certain military applications
Semtex
started producing bombs, boosters, and shells in 1942 during World War II. It consisted of four bomb load lines, an explosive booster assembly plant, an ammonium
Nebraska_Ordnance_Plant
Rocket engine used on the Saturn V rocket
rocket booster, in NASA's Advanced Booster Program, which aims to find a more powerful successor to the five-segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters intended
Rocketdyne_F-1
Combustion that leads on to an explosion
pre-mixed flame propagates through an explosive or a mixture of fuel and oxidizer. Deflagrations in high and low explosives or fuel–oxidizer mixtures may transition
Deflagration
Explosive chemical compound
used in the main charges of plastic explosives (such as C4) along with other explosives (especially RDX), booster and bursting charges of small caliber
Pentaerythritol_tetranitrate
Swedish explosives manufacturer
of explosives manufactured includes ammonium nitrate, dynamite, electric, non electric and electronic detonators, detonating cord and cast boosters. They
Dyno_Nobel
1951 American nuclear test
reaction. The explosive yield of this bomb was 45.5 kilotons, about twice the yield of the unboosted bomb. The device was code-named "Booster" in its development
Greenhouse_Item
1961 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
into the booster-spacecraft adapter, rather than in the open, developed 78 percent greater thrust. This achieved a greater spacecraft-booster separation
Mercury-Redstone_4
list of Japanese explosives used during the Second World War. It is sorted according to application. TM 9-1985-4 Japanese Explosive Ordnance (Bombs, Bomb
List of Japanese World War II explosives
List_of_Japanese_World_War_II_explosives
British Army vehicle
mines of greater depth. It also contains a 9 kg high-explosive substitute at the end with a .9 kg booster of pe4. Python has been used operationally with the
Python minefield breaching system
Python_minefield_breaching_system
American long-range, subsonic cruise missile
design allows for compatibility with a range of warheads, including high-explosive, submunitions, and bunker busters. The Tomahawk can use a variety of guidance
Tomahawk_missile
Chemical compound
PLX, abbreviation of Picatinny Liquid Explosive, is a liquid binary explosive. It is a mixture of 95% nitromethane (NM) along with 5% ethylene diamine
PLX
Soviet super heavy-lift launch vehicle (1965–1972)
proposed a new booster for the mission, clustering four of his existing UR-200s (known as the SS-10 in the west) to produce a single larger booster, the UR-500
N1_(rocket)
Terrorist incident in Thailand
3x5-inch boxes and detonated by digital alarm clock. Traces of M4 high explosive booster were found in all of the bombs. Other military ordnance sources claimed
2006_Bangkok_bombings
Chemical compound
composite rocket propellants (including the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster), military, amateur, and hobbyist high-power rockets, as well as in some
Ammonium_perchlorate
Strap on solid rocket booster
in South Australia. The production of the Gosling booster was initiated at the Maribyrnong Explosives Factory in Victoria in the late 1950s. The Gosling
Gosling_solid_rocket_booster
Explosives based on ammonium nitrate
Nitramex and Nitramon Explosives are compositions of various chemical compounds. They are explosives based on ammonium nitrate, with other ingredients
Nitramex and Nitramon Explosives
Nitramex_and_Nitramon_Explosives
Series of Soviet anti-personnel mines
detonator, firing both it and the adjacent tetryl booster which triggers detonation of the main TNT explosive filling. It is not a blast resistant mine. Height:
PMN_mine
Anti-tank rocket launcher
uses a rocket booster to achieve a velocity of 300 m/s. The effective range of this 2.4 kg projectile is 500 meters. The high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT)
RL-83_Blindicide
Anti-tank blast mine
Diameter: 560 mm Height: 150 mm Weight: 10 kg Explosive content: 5.21 kg of TNT with a 0.1 kg booster charge Operating pressure: 320 kg Jane's Mines
TQ-Mi_mine
Anti-ship cruise missile
Navigation Satellite System data, and carries a 300 kg (660 lb) high-explosive warhead with an anti-radiation seeker. The YJ-18 is deployed aboard the
YJ-18
American spaceflight and AI company
an orbital-class booster in 2017. After a decade of development, the Falcon Heavy, which consists of three Falcon 9-derived boosters, made its maiden
SpaceX
American fragmentation hand grenade (1953–1988)
the exception of the impact-fused variants have a 0.3 oz (8.5 g) Tetryl booster charge. The M61 grenade (a M26A1 fitted with a safety clip) can be thrown
M26_grenade
Russian multi-role guided missile
system features a multistage rocket missile with a high-powered booster. Two booster diameters are available, 170 and 210 mm. It uses inertial and/or
Hermes_(missile)
and 5 failures. The vehicle Starship when combined with the Super Heavy booster, also named Starship, has been developed with the intention of lowering
List_of_Starship_vehicles
Rocket artillery
was found during the war. The rocket booster was similar to the smaller Type 10 and 3, in that the rocket booster consisted of an adapter plate, propellant
Type 21 and Type 22 rocket-bombs
Type_21_and_Type_22_rocket-bombs
Rifle grenade
creep spring separates the striker and primer from the booster which is separated from the explosive filling by an empty air space. When the projectile hits
Sprengpatrone
Rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants
used today in military armaments worldwide, model rockets, solid rocket boosters and on larger applications. Since solid-fuel rockets can remain in storage
Solid-propellant_rocket
Type of nail gun
hard substrates such as steel and concrete. Known as direct fastening or explosive fastening, this technology is powered by a controlled explosion of a small
Powder-actuated_tool
Explosive weapons designed to damage or destroy runways
Anti-runway penetration bombs are explosive weapons involving bombs or bomblets designed to damage or destroy runways, or otherwise render them unusable
Anti-runway_penetration_bomb
US air-dropped anti-personnel land mine
the Vietnam War. It is chemically activated and has a relatively low explosive content, typically maiming rather than killing. The Dragontooth was designed
BLU-43_Dragontooth
Explosive charge to clear obstacles
filled with 4 inches (100 mm) of TNT booster, while the middle section contained an 80–20 amatol mixture. The explosive charge weighed about 9 pounds (4.1 kg)
Bangalore_torpedo
French short range air defense system
86 m 1.88m (including initial booster) Diameter 90 mm Crew 1 Effective firing range 8 km (Mistral 3) Warhead High Explosive with high density tungsten balls
Mistral_(missile)
Cruise missile
(150 lb) Warhead type: High Explosive, semi-Armor Piercing Particle Effect, Thermobaric Engine: Kale Arge KTJ-1750 Turbojet Booster: Solid propellant Range:
Çakır_(missile)
Long range surface-to-air missile
specification. While primarily intended to be armed with a conventional high explosive warhead, Typhon LR was designed to be capable of carrying the W60 nuclear
RIM-50_Typhon
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
minutes, and the sight of the much larger and visible co-orbiting R-7 booster that had placed it into orbit, was widely viewed on both sides as effective
Moon_landing
Most common type of rocket, used to launch satellites
When the boosters run out of fuel, they are detached from the rest of the rocket (usually with some kind of small explosive charge or explosive bolts) and
Multistage_rocket
Soviet carbine
the barrel with a muzzle booster, which features an internal expansion chamber inside the cylindrical section of the booster, while the conical end acts
AKS-74U
SpaceX private launch site
tanks, cryogenic shells, Starship SN20, and Super Heavy Booster 4. As SN20 was completed, and Booster 4 and SN20 were rolled out to the launch site for a
SpaceX_Starbase
Israeli air-launched ballistic missile
missile has a modular warhead section and is capable of carrying a high-explosive warhead. By 2024, air-to-surface versions of the missile were used in
Sparrow_(target_missile)
American very long-range air-to-air missile
the RIM-174, apart from the marked lack of the solid-fuel rocket Mk 72 booster on the AIM-174. The missile will likely utilize a solid-fuel rocket engine
AIM-174B_Gunslinger
Anti-tank rocket launcher
thermobaric mixture, with an explosive yield roughly equal to that of 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) of trinitrotoluene (TNT). The solid rocket booster of the warhead was
RPG-26
Chinese anti-ship missile
Mining Company. The HD-1 is powered by a ramjet engine and a solid rocket booster. The HD-1 is a private, export-oriented missile project developed by the
HD-1
Italian anti-personnel mine
Diameter: 130 mm Height: 190 mm Weight: 2.8 kg Explosive content: 0.5 kg of Composition B with a 9 g booster charge of RDX Operating pressure: 10.8 kg pressure
VS-JAP_mine
Missile program of the United States Army
victory from Greek mythology). The missile's first-stage solid rocket booster became the basis for many types of rockets, including the Nike Hercules
Project_Nike
French/German anti-tank missile
sustainer engine and the booster are fired, ejecting the missile from the container. Unlike most antitank missiles, in which the booster burns fully before
HOT_(missile)
Soviet and Russian tank ammunition
copper liner. Entered service estimated 1975. Introduced wave-shaping booster. Country of origin: Soviet Union Round weight: 29.0 kg Projectile dimension:
125_mm_smoothbore_ammunition
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
rig. The rig was the site of several serious incidents, most notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as
Byford_Dolphin
Aborted 1983 Soviet crewed spaceflight
failure of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle boosters. The crew was sitting on the pad awaiting fueling of the Soyuz-U booster to complete prior to liftoff. Approximately
Soyuz_7K-ST_No.16L
Fourth launch of SpaceX Starship
and Super Heavy Booster 11. The main test objectives of this flight, both of which were accomplished, were for the Super Heavy booster to simulate a landing
Starship_flight_test_4
Italian anti-personnel mine
Height: 196 mm Weight: 3.2 kg Explosive content: Reported between 0.42 kg and 0.56 kg of Composition B with a RDX booster charge. Operating pressure: 10
Valmara_59
Brazilian anti-personnel mine
Diameter: 85 mm Height: 95 mm Weight: 0.42 kg Explosive content: 0.15 kg of PETN/TNT with a Nitropenta booster charge. Operating pressure: 17 kg Jane's Mines
AP_NM_AE_T1_mine
Yugoslavian Anti-Personnel mine
detonator which fires, initiating a small RDX booster pellet which in turn detonates the main TNT explosive charge. Generally, PMA-2 mines are buried in
PMA-2_mine
Short-to-medium range air-to-ground missile
The AS-30 has a two-stage solid-fuel rocket motor. A short-burn-time booster section exhausts through two large nozzles located midway between the rear
AS-30
into tritium for booster gas. Since its reactors were moderated with heavy water, deuterium oxide, it also made deuterium for booster gas and for Y-12
Nuclear_weapon_design
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Expensive; Scare; Costly
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A king of the Surya dynasty
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English : variant of Hereford.German : variant of Herfurth.
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adv.
In an explosive manner.
a.
Exclusive.
a.
Rent open by an explosive.
n.
The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
a.
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
n.
An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
a.
Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.
n.
A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
a.
Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
v. t.
Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
a.
Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.
a.
Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
n.
A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
n.
A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
n.
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
a.
Not explosive.
a.
Explosive.
n.
Explosion.
n.
An implosive sound, an implodent.
n.
See Explosive, n., 2.