M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System

This article is about a weapon. For the VTOL aircraft, see AV-14 Hornet.

M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System, commonly known as the HORNET mine, is a type of UNSC ordnance commonly carried aboard UNSC prowlers. They are stealthy, plutonium-cored, nuclear devices with a nominal yield of 30 megatons.

During the Battle of Onyx, the UNSC Dusk laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four Covenant warships. This helped to prolong the survival of Admiral Patterson's 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.^[1]

List of appearances

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)

Sources

^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 325

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Ordnance in UNSC service

Missiles and rockets

Ground-launched	Anaconda SAM • Argent V • ASRGAM-10X • Lancet • ASGM-7 • M5100 LTM

Air-launched	AAM-50XR • AGM-79C • Anvil ASM (ANVIL-II • ANVIL-IV) • Argent V • ASGM-4 • ASGM-10 • ASGM-15 • MITV Pod • Phoenix missile • Scorpion missile • ST/Medusa missile

Ship-launched	Archer • Ares • Bident • Fusion rocket • Harpoon • Howler • Hyperion • Longbow • Shrieker • Rapier • Rudra • Shiva (VE-3) • Streak

Launch systems

A-74 Sylver missile launcher • ATAF missile turret • M39 rocket turret • M5920 missile launcher • M79 MLRS • M80 MLRS • Lance GMWS (M95 • M97) • M260 MLRS • M302 rocket pod • M400 missile launcher • M651 missile launcher • M/RODAS delivery system • Scimitar rocket pod • "Shoulder Angel" • Unidentified SAM launcher

Nuclear weapons

Medium Fusion Destructive Device	FENRIS nuclear warhead • Fury tactical nuclear weapon • HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon

Strategic	11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missile • Harpoon nuclear missile • Hyperion nuclear missile • NOVA bomb • Rudra-class nuclear missile • Shiva-class nuclear missile (VE-3 type)

Chemical weapons

Narcozine gas • VX 7 nerve gas

Mines

Ground	Antilon anti-personnel mine • Asteroidea anti-personnel mine • Cryo mine • Lotus anti-tank mine • TR/9 antipersonnel mine • Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine • Type 18 Magnetic/Bayonet-style Claymore • Unidentified landmine

Space	M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System • M1011 Moray space mine