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The Washington Post
“Reviewing footage of the debris, Trevor Ball, a former explosive ordnance disposal technician for the U.S. Army, said the munition’s distinctive nose cone was used to penetrate the building’s concrete structure. Rahul Udoshi, a senior analyst on the Weapons Team at the defense firm Janes, and N.R. Jenzen-Jones, director of Armament Research Services, both confirmed that imagery from the strike’s aftermath appeared to show the nose of a GBU-39 small diameter bomb.”
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Armament Research Services (ARES)
“The nose cone … is made from hardened steel to enable the munition to penetrate more than three feet (one metre) of reinforced concrete. The heavy metal construction of this component means it typically survives functioning, despite its direct proximity to the explosives in the munition.”