nosecone in English

noun
1
the cone-shaped nose of a rocket or aircraft.
The unit has a crushable nose cone , which absorbs the landing on impact, minimizing damage.
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1. The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone The Soviet Union was the only country to field a fully operational rail-mobile ICBM and it …

2. They fashioned auxiliary wooden tail fins to keep the torpedoes horizontal, so they would dive to only 35 feet, and they added a breakaway "nosecone" of soft wood to cushion the impact with the surface of the water."