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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 number 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, NOT to be confused with atom bomb.^[1]

Contents 1 UNSC Nuclear Ordnance 1.1 FENRIS Nuclear Warhead 1.2 Medium Fusion Destructive Device 1.3 Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon 1.4 HAVOK Nuclear Warhead 1.5 HORNET Mine 1.6 NOVA Bomb 1.7 Shiva-class Nuclear Missile 2 Sources

UNSC Nuclear OrdnanceEdit

The UNSC employs a range of nuclear ordnance.

FENRIS Nuclear WarheadEdit

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]

Medium Fusion Destructive DeviceEdit

Main article: Medium Fusion Destructive Device

The MFDD is a tactical nuclear device with a yield of approximately 15 kilotons. Due to their apparent similarities, the MFDD may actually be related to the Fury nuke.^[6]

Fury Tactical Nuclear WeaponEdit

Main article: Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon

The Fury is a rugby ball-sized device with a yield slightly less than a megaton. It is extremely clean. It is the "closest thing the UNSC has to a nuclear grenade".^[7]

HAVOK Nuclear WarheadEdit

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 MineEdit

Main article: HORNET Mine

The HORNET is a 30 megaton space mine. The devices are stealthy and carried aboard UNSC prowlers.^[11]

NOVA BombEdit

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 MissileEdit

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]

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