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double-bulbous nose
Ran across this.They're using the bulb,below and above water.
http://daryanenergyblog.files.wordpr...ax01.jpg?w=640
Here's an extreme aerospace application
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Usually that is where the radar instrumentation or laser emitting gizmos goes on planes.
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Makes me think of Rataplan, Lucky Luke's dog...
The nose houses a large radar antenna, it is not an aero optimization on its own right nor done for looks 
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I want that on my car...ROFL
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You can say that again.
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Before computer simulators, engineers used it as an in-flight simulator to study how an aircraft would fly before building an expensive, full-scale prototype. An important test platform for the creation of the B-1, X-40, Tacit Blue, Space Shuttle, B-2, YF-23 and C-17 - Convair NC-131H TIFS
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Interesting how long it takes to destroy a missile in real time. 
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