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Lasers are used for a wide array of functions, ranging from repair equipment to weaponry. [[Pulse laser turret]]s are standard armament on Covenant warships and, unusually, [[UNSC prowler|UNSC Prowlers]], and are used for precision strikes against small targets, intercepting incoming missiles and fighters,<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref> and general point-defense. Other lasers are used to repair equipment by both the Covenant,<ref name="ContactHarvest">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page ??''</ref> and the UNSC<ref name="FirstStrike">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page ??''</ref> while the only infantry-portable laser weapon is used by the UNSC, the [[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle]] or "Spartan Laser". During the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC began using nuclear bomb-pumped X-ray lasers as warheads for anti-ship missiles, such as the [[Bident missile|M4020 Bident]] used by [[Epoch-class heavy carrier|''Epoch''-class heavy carriers]].<ref name="Warfleet17">'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''page 17''</ref> In the post-war era, [[Hannibal Weapon Systems]] has experimented with mounting laser weaponry on its testbed [[XM820B4 Scorpion]] tanks.<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.