I think a full set would be telephone pole size and too heavy. But it could have been shorted chunks of tungsten and the (((malfunction))) could be that the white hats have control and therefore it is not located where the blackhats expected it to be.
P.S. if Elon Musk really failed at a task, he may get a punch in the left eye as punishment and we would see this, if we could find where he is. Last seen at a wedding in Brazil I believe.