The work in this area directed by M. A. Lavrent'ev was begun even in 1956 at the Moscow Physicotechnical Institute. Cumulation and flows in water and ground explosions were studied, and methods of high-velocity particle acceleration for problems of space engineering were developed. In 1957, most of the creative team moved to the newly founded Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Division, but until 1958, studies were performed on the experimental facilities at the Moscow Physicotechnical Institute.Most explosive experiments require strict synchronization using microsecond detonators. Such a detonator was designed on the basis of RDX powder initiated by a pulsed spark discharge. It had a simple design and low sensitivity to external action.In 1961, the Central Institute of Underground Mining Engineering presented a proposal to M. A. Lavrent'ev that shaped charges be employed for blasting of hard rocks. Over a short time, preliminary. experiments were performed, and they confirmed the effectiveness of this blasting method. Therefore, the need arose to design an explosive actuating device for sequential explosion of a large number of simple charges delivered at specified points in a working space. Such an initiation system was designed on the basis of high-voltage, high-current detonators using secondary high explosives (HE).Soon it was suggested that shaped charges be also used to solve another problem --designing a mechanized explosive installation for explosive forming of the fuselage of MiG-25 aircraft. The MiG-25 airframe was manufactured using new superstrong stainless steels, which, because of their low plasticity, could be molded only by a sequential explosion of a large number of small charges. This technology could be implemented only by explosive automatic control units ensuring a low cost of each explosion. Design of such devices was performed with participation of the Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Division Lavrent'ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090.