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'''Medium Fusion Destructive Devices''' ('''MFDD''') are a rather inclusive category of portable tactical [[nuclear weapon]]s, encompassing destructive yields from 15 kilotons to 30 megatons. These weapons are used for both military and mining purposes, and are often contained in a cylindrical casing which can be affixed to a missile or detonated manually.{{Ref/Book|H4EVG|Page=83}} MFDDs have a relatively simple and unimaginative operating architecture - consisting of a bare cylinder with a keypad. They were used during the [[Human-Covenant War]] by the [[United Nations Space Command]] as part of their fallback strategy, serving as territory denial for encroaching enemy forces or being used to destroy large concentrations of troop formations on worlds deemed unsalvageable.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=185}}
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{{Weapon Infobox
| image=[[File:MFDD.png|250px]]
| name=Medium Fusion Destructive Device
| manufacturer=[[Misriah Armories]]
| model=
| type=Tactical nuclear weapon
| cost=
| size=
| damage per hit=
| magazine=
| maxammo=
| fire=
| ammotype=
| operation=
| rate of fire=
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| range=
*Structure [Hc]: .7 kilometers
*Structure: 1 kilometers
*Open [C]: 3 kilometers
*Open: 4 kilometers
| era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
| counterpart=
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| affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
}}


The MFDD class encompasses the following:
The '''Medium Fusion Destructive Device''', or '''MFDD''', is a [[nuclear weapon|tactical nuclear weapon]] with a yield of 63 terajoules (approximately 15 kilotons TNT equivalent)<ref>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=63+terajoules+in+tons+TNT '''WolframAlpha''': ''63 terajoules in tons TNT'']</ref>, used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. It was manufactured by [[Misriah Armories]].<ref name="bwu">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_082710 Bungie Weekly Update 08.27.10]</ref>


*[[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|FURY tactical nuclear weapon]]
An MFDD was used by [[Noble Team]] to destroy a [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] during a [[Battle of the Unidentified Human Colony|battle on an unspecified human colony]] world during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''': ''[[Deliver Hope]]'' trailer</ref>
*[[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]
*[[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
In a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Glacier|radio conversation]] heard on the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' map [[Glacier (Halo: Reach map)|Glacier]], one of the two [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents involved suggests killing [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] with an MFDD to prevent her from interfering with their secret operation, and to erase any recognizable remains.
*The concept art of the MFDD shows framework attached to the underside of the device, while the prop in the trailer has this framework removed. This was for the purpose of making the prop easier to carry around during acting.<ref name="bwu"/>
*The MFDD was designed by Bungie's veteran concept artist [[Isaac Hannaford]].<ref name="bwu"/>
*In a [[radio conversations|radio conversation]] heard on the map [[Glacier]], one of the two [[ONI]] agents involved suggests killing [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] with a MFDD to prevent her from interfering with their secret op, and to erase any recognizable remains.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160">
File:DeliverHope - MFDD Concept.jpg|A concept art of the MFDD.
File:MFDD_touchpad.jpg|Medium Fusion Destructive Device interface touch screen.
File:MFDD_armed_screen.jpg|Medium Fusion Destructive Device interface armed.
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Deliver Hope]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{UNSC ordnance}}
 
[[Category:Nuclear weapons]]
{{UNSC Infantry Weapons}}
[[Category:Nuclear Weapons]]
[[Category:Human Weapons]]
[[Category:Explosives]]

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