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And the Iranian government, on a separate track, progressed its research and development on the miniaturization and weaponization of nuclear warheads — itself a challenging task — in order to fit a weapon inside the nose cone of a ballistic missile, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Within seconds, the 230-foot, 356-ton plane broke apart in midair, the nose cone shearing off like the lid of a tin can.
—Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Instead, the nose cone fell off the rocket hours before it was supposed to leave the launch pad Thursday.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
The company can reportedly manufacture at least four of these behemoths a day, and SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket can hold more than 25 of them at once, all folded up inside its nose cone.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Within seconds, the 230-foot, 356-ton plane broke apart in midair, the nose cone shearing off like the lid of a tin can.
—Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Instead, the nose cone fell off the rocket hours before it was supposed to leave the launch pad Thursday.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
The company can reportedly manufacture at least four of these behemoths a day, and SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket can hold more than 25 of them at once, all folded up inside its nose cone.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
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“Nose cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20cone. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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