[HamiltonJay]

That’s the point, IT MAY NOT BURN UP.. its designed to survive entry into VENUS’s atmosphere, much hotter and denser than ours... Depending on how it re-enters is may not burn up and basically become a giant bomb should it strike land.

[Larry Lucido]

We've seen this before.

[Army Air Corps]

...its designed to survive entry into VENUS’s atmosphere...

Correct. Even if the heat shield is compromised, this sucker would survive reentry quite well.