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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
FENRIS warheads had superhardened cases to contain the detonation longer and boost the thermonuclear yield.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh1">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', chapter 1</ref> The hardened cases also made them resilient to nearby explosions, so resilient in fact that they were regarded as useless without the detonation codes.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh23">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', chapter 23</ref> | FENRIS warheads had superhardened cases to contain the detonation longer and boost the thermonuclear yield.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh1">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', chapter 1</ref> The hardened cases also made them resilient to nearby explosions, so resilient in fact that they were regarded as useless without the detonation codes. FENRIS warheads are considered low-yield devices.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh23">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', chapter 23</ref> | ||
They may be detonated by remote<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh23"/> or by pressing the warhead's detonator in person.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh39">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', chapter 39</ref> | They may be detonated by remote<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh23"/> or by pressing the warhead's detonator in person.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh39">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', chapter 39</ref> | ||