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==Background==
==Background==
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The {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} was equipped with a large number of enhanced yield ''Rudra''-class nuclear missiles.{{Ref/Reuse|Thursday}}


==Service history==
==Service history==

Revision as of 12:09, April 15, 2021

Rudra-class nuclear missile
Production overview

Type:

Nuclear weapon

Specifications

Ammunition type:

Fissile material

Guidance system:

Computer guided

Service history

In service:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

 

The Rudra-class nuclear missile is a nuclear weapon used by the United Nations Space Command.[1]

Background

The UNSC Port Stanley was equipped with a large number of enhanced yield Rudra-class nuclear missiles.[1]

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.[2]

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

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Thursday War, page 320
  2. ^ Halo: The Thursday War, page 330