M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System

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HORNET Mines are a type of UNSC ordnance commonly carried aboard UNSC Prowlers. They are stealthy, plutonium-cored, nuclear devices.

During the Battle of Onyx, the laid a field of HORNETS; destroying 12 and damaging four Covenant starships. This prolonged the survival of Battlegroup Stalingrad, which was subsequently destroyed by Covenant reinforcements.