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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Disambig header|the anti-personnel mine|the bioweapon compound|Asteroidea}}
The '''Asteroidea anti-personnel mine''' is an explosive [[Mine|landmine]] used primarily by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO1|GoO|Chapter=1}}


{{Explosives List}}
==Overview==
The '''Asteroidea Anti-Personnel Mine''' is a type of explosive device used by the [[UNSC]]. Asteroidea mines have eight arms and have pressure triggers. They can apparently be thrown through the air easilyand explode producing shrapnel similar to the [[Fragmentation Grenade]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 37</ref>
===Design details===
Asteroidea mines have eight arms and pressure triggers. They can be thrown through the air with ease and explode, producing shrapnel similar to the [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|fragmentation grenade]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoO1}}


==References==
==Operational history==
<references/>
Asteroidea mines were used by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]]s during [[Operation: SMOKING ACES]], and were used to kill [[General]] [[Howard Graves]] and a team of rebel commandos.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO1}}


[[Category:Human Weapons]]
==Trivia==
[[Category:UNSC]]
[[Wikipedia:Asteroidea|"Asteroidea"]] is the class to which sea stars belong, a reference to the mine's starfish-like shape.
[[Category:Weapons]]
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
{{UNSC ordnance}}
[[Category:Mines]]
[[Category:UNSC ground weapons]]
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