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Asteroidea anti-personnel mine

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This article is about the anti-personnel mine. For the bioweapon compound, see Asteroidea.

The Asteroidea anti-personnel mine is an explosive landmine used primarily by the United Nations Space Command.[1]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Asteroidea mines have eight arms and pressure triggers. They can be thrown through the air with ease and explode, producing shrapnel similar to the fragmentation grenade.[1]

Operational history[edit]

Asteroidea mines were used by Spartan-IIs during Operation: SMOKING ACES, and were used to kill General Howard Graves and a team of rebel commandos.[1]

Trivia[edit]

"Asteroidea" is the class to which sea stars belong, a reference to the mine's starfish-like shape.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 1