Howler missile

The Howler missile is a ship-to-ship missile used by the UNSC Navy.

Overview

Warships usually carry Howler missiles to complement their Magnetic Accelerator Cannons. Howler pods usually carry twenty missiles each.

The Template:UNSCship is armed with 500 pods of twenty M96 Howlers.^[1] One hundred M96 Howlers can easily neutralize a fully shielded Covenant destroyer, as occurred to Defender of Faith in 2553.^[2]

Ordnance in UNSC service

Ground-launched	Anaconda SAM • Argent V • ASRGAM-10X • Lancet • ASGM-7 • M5100 LTM

Air-launched	AAM-50XR • AGM-79C • Anvil ASM (ANVIL-II • ANVIL-IV) • Argent V • ASGM-4 • ASGM-10 • ASGM-15 • MITV Pod • Phoenix missile • Scorpion missile • ST/Medusa missile

Ship-launched	Archer • Ares • Bident • Fusion rocket • Harpoon • Howler • Hyperion • Longbow • Shrieker • Rapier • Rudra • Shiva (VE-3) • Streak

Launch systems

Medium Fusion Destructive Device	FENRIS nuclear warhead • Fury tactical nuclear weapon • HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon

Strategic	11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missile • Harpoon nuclear missile • Hyperion nuclear missile • NOVA bomb • Rudra-class nuclear missile • Shiva-class nuclear missile (VE-3 type)

Ground	Antilon anti-personnel mine • Asteroidea anti-personnel mine • Cryo mine • Lotus anti-tank mine • TR/9 antipersonnel mine • Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine • Type 18 Magnetic/Bayonet-style Claymore • Unidentified landmine

Space	M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System • M1011 Moray space mine