Guided Missile Nose Section

The extreme forward portion of a guided missile, designed to contain instrumentation, spotting charges and/or fuzing or arming devices, may/may not includ (s) guidance subassemblies, but does not contain the payload. It is usually tapered to rounded for ease of atmosphere penetration. Excludes body section, guided missile; and warhead section (as modified) . See also radome; antenna; and antenna assembly.