Rudra-class nuclear missile

The Rudra-class nuclear missile is a nuclear weapon used by the United Nations Space Command.

Background
The was equipped with a large number of enhanced yield Rudra-class nuclear missiles.

Service history
The Port Stanley used several Rudra-class missiles to destroy three Covenant cruisers loyal to the Arbiter, the Far Vision, the Axiom, and the Devotion.

Trivia
Rudra is the name of a Hindu god associated with wind or storm, and the hunt. The naming of the Rudra missile mirrors that of the Shiva-class nuclear missile, which is also named after a Hindu deity.

List of appearances

 * Halo: The Thursday War