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Missiles Payload Container Crossword Clue

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noun

• front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere

41%6container container container container of nothing
adjective satellite

• without an occupant or incumbent

• devoid of intelligence or thought

29%5 Enola Gay payload
noun

• a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)

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