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'''HORNET mines''' are a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler]]s. They are stealthy, [[plutonium]]-cored, [[nuclear weapon|nuclear devices]] with a nominal yield of 30 megatons.
'''HORNET mines''' are a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler]]s. They are stealthy, [[plutonium]]-cored, [[nuclear weapon|nuclear devices]] with a nominal yield of 30 megatons.


During the [[Battle of Onyx]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the [[Patterson's battle group|UNSC fleet]] to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref>
During the [[Battle of Onyx]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battlegroup]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the ''Dusk''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==