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This is a really powerful bomb. I wouldn't want anything like that anywhere near earth.
This is a really powerful bomb. I wouldn't want anything like that anywhere near earth.
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Trust me, you wouldn't wanted to be on any planet in the crosshairs of the Pillar of Autumn. 
Just one short from the main cannon is equivalent to about 2,400 of today's nuclear warheads.    That's why the Nova Bomb didn't make sense to me.  Compared to Halo's plasma cannons and coilguns, thermonuclear warheads are not really superweapons, even with a 100x yield multiplier. 
So why is the Nova bomb so special?  I, as I have already suggested, think it's more of an espionage weapon...