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{{Main|FENRIS Nuclear Warhead}} | {{Main|FENRIS Nuclear Warhead}} | ||
The '''FENRIS''' is a type of low-yield thermonuclear device. They were slated for decommissioning but munition expenditures during the [[Human-Covenant War]] saw the survivors return to service.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 1", ''page ??''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 23", ''page ??''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 24", ''page ??''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 39", ''page ??''</ref> | The '''FENRIS''' is a type of low-yield thermonuclear device. They were slated for decommissioning but munition expenditures during the [[Human-Covenant War]] saw the survivors return to service.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 1", ''page ??''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 23", ''page ??''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 24", ''page ??''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "Chapter 39", ''page ??''</ref> | ||
===Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon=== | ===Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon=== | ||
{{Main|Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon}} | {{Main|Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon}} | ||
The '''Fury''' is a rugby ball-sized device with a yield slightly less than a megaton | The '''Fury''', formally designated as the '''Medium Fusion Destructive Device''',<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''': ''[[Deliver Hope]]'' trailer</ref> is a rugby ball-sized device with a yield slightly less than a megaton. It is the "closest thing the UNSC has to a nuclear grenade".<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', "Chapter 1", ''page ??''</ref> | ||
===HAVOK Nuclear Warhead=== | ===HAVOK Nuclear Warhead=== | ||
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{{Main|Shiva-class nuclear missile}} | {{Main|Shiva-class nuclear missile}} | ||
The '''Shiva''' is a type of starship ordnance.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 147, 322-324''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page ??''</ref> Its warhead may be removed and carried by a [[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page ??''</ref> | The '''Shiva''' is a type of starship ordnance.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 147, 322-324''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page ??''</ref> Its warhead may be removed and carried by a [[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
===Harpoon nuclear missile=== | |||
{{Main|Harpoon nuclear missile}} | |||
'''Harpoon''' missiles are a type of nuclear ordnance carried by starships such as [[UNSC frigate|frigates]].<ref>[[:File:H3 - FrigateOverview.png|Frigate overview by Isaac Hannaford]]</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 07:40, July 1, 2011
A nuclear weapon is a type of ordnance using nuclear fission and/or fusion as a source of energy. The yield of a Nuclear weapon is measured in the amount of tons of "TNT" needed to generate an explosion of similar proportions.
An operational idiosyncrasy of nuclear weapons was the result of containing fissile material. Fissile material emitted a readily detectable Čerenkov Radiation signature upon exiting slipspace that negated stealth measures.[1]
UNSC Nuclear Ordnance
The UNSC employs a range of nuclear ordnance.
FENRIS Nuclear Warhead
- Main article: FENRIS Nuclear Warhead
The FENRIS is a type of low-yield thermonuclear device. They were slated for decommissioning but munition expenditures during the Human-Covenant War saw the survivors return to service.[2][3][4][5]
Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon
- Main article: Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon
The Fury, formally designated as the Medium Fusion Destructive Device,[6] is a rugby ball-sized device with a yield slightly less than a megaton. It is the "closest thing the UNSC has to a nuclear grenade".[7]
HAVOK Nuclear Warhead
- Main article: HAVOK Nuclear Warhead
The HAVOK is a 30 megaton thermonuclear device. Some were delivered by ground forces during the Human-Covenant War.[8][9][10]
HORNET Mine
- Main article: HORNET Mine
The HORNET is a 30 megaton space mine. The devices are stealthy and carried aboard UNSC Prowlers.[11]
NOVA Bomb
- Main article: NOVA Bomb
The NOVA is a strategic device, and undoubtedly humanity's most powerful weapon. It consists of 9 nuclear warheads encased in a lithium triteride shell, which is compressed during detonation, boosting the yield "a hundred-fold".[12] A single NOVA has enough power to cause complete devastation on a planetary scale, and can destroy orbiting moons and Naval fleets.[13]
Shiva-class nuclear missile
- Main article: Shiva-class nuclear missile
The Shiva is a type of starship ordnance.[14][15] Its warhead may be removed and carried by a C709 Longsword-class Interceptor.[16]
Harpoon nuclear missile
- Main article: Harpoon nuclear missile
Harpoon missiles are a type of nuclear ordnance carried by starships such as frigates.[17]
Sources
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, "Chapter 22", page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, "Chapter 1", page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, "Chapter 23", page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, "Chapter 24", page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, "Chapter 39", page ??
- ^ Halo: Reach: Deliver Hope trailer
- ^ Halo: First Strike, "Chapter 1", page ??
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 200
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 212
- ^ Halo Wars: Genesis, page 17
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 325
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 180
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 244
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 147, 322-324
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page ??
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page ??
- ^ Frigate overview by Isaac Hannaford
