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<center>''This article is about a weapon. | <center>''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet|Attack VTOL-14 Hornet]].''</center> | ||
'''HORNET Mines''' are a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler|UNSC Prowlers]]. They are stealthy, plutonium-cored, nuclear devices with a nominal yield of 30 megatons. | '''HORNET Mines''' are a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler|UNSC Prowlers]]. They are stealthy, plutonium-cored, nuclear devices with a nominal yield of 30 megatons. | ||
During the [[Battle of Onyx]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before Covenant forces arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 325''</ref> | During the [[Battle of Onyx]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before Covenant forces arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 325''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | |||
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