FENRIS Nuclear Warhead
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| Fenris Nuclear Warhead | |
| Production information | |
| Technical specifications | |
| Size |
Medium |
| Ammunition Type |
Fissile material |
| Operation |
Destruction of certain target |
| Accuracy |
Unknown |
| Range |
Large blast radius |
| Usage | |
| Counterweapon(s) |
None |
| Affiliation | |
| [Source] | |
The FENRIS Nuclear Warhead is a type of UNSC nuclear weapon.
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[edit] Description
FENRIS warheads had superhardened cases to contain the detonation longer and boost the thermonuclear yield.[2] The hardened cases also made them resilient to nearby explosions, so resilient in fact that they were regarded as useless without the detonation codes. FENRIS warheads are considered low-yield devices.[3]
They may be detonated by remote[3] or by pressing the warhead's detonator in person.[4]
[edit] History
In 2531, the United Rebel Front possessed three FENRIS warheads at Camp New Hope on Victoria. The weapons were recovered by SPARTAN-II Blue Team.[2]
By 2552, the FENRIS was slated for decommissioning. However as the Human-Covenant War made a turn for the worse and the UNSC's nuclear stockpile dwindled, they were returned to service.[3]
During the Battle of Earth, SPARTAN-II Blue Team recaptured 12 FENRIS warheads from the Covenant at the Centennial Orbital Elevator. At the top of the elevator, six armed warheads were smuggled aboard a Covenant destroyer while another destroyer, Bloodied Spirit was commandeered by Blue Team. The enemy destroyer was destroyed by a combination of internal nuclear detonations and plasma torpedo fire. Blue Team then made the slipspace jump to Onyx.[3]
As the Battle of Onyx drew to a close, Kurt-051 manually detonated a FENRIS to deny the Covenant access to the Micro Dyson Sphere.[4]
[edit] Trivia
- Fenrir is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology.
[edit] References
- ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 24
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 39
