HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon (Earth-5875)

The HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon of the UNSC, produced by Misriah Armory.

History
HAVOK nukes were carried by the UNSC Spirit of Fire in 2531 against Covenant forces.

During the Battle of Jericho VII, on February 12th, 2735, the UNSC deployed three SPARTAN-II teams to the planet against Covenant forces. During the engagement, Red Team successfully deployed a HAVOK nuke in a Covenant rally point set for a cruiser to deploy troops. As Blue Team cleared the local Covenant forces, Red Team detonated the bomb as soon as the cruiser lowered its shields, destroying the ship and all of its passengers.

On May 11th, 2545, during the Battle of Actium, the UNSC Marine Corps' 53rd Armored Division detonated three HAVOK nukes to destroy six Covenant staging grounds, which killed most of the hegemony's ground forces, but at the cost of 12,000 Marines. In the end, however, the Covenant was still successful and glassed Actium.

A HAVOK nuke was used by Noble Team on April 22nd, 2552, during the Battle of Fumirole, to destroy a CCS-class battlecruiser. Kat-B320 carried the bomb, but after she was severely injured, fellow Noble Team member Thom-A293 took the explosive to the ship, detonating it, but at the cost of his own life. This ended in an UNSC victory, as the sole Covenant ship on the planet was destroyed.

During the Battle of Sigma Octanus on July 18th, 2552, Blue Team detonated a HAVOK nuke in the city Côte d'Azur, which destroyed the city and all Covenant forces present.

During the Fall of Reach, Fred-104, Kelly-087, and Joshua-029 were able to destroy a Covenant cruiser after capturing three Type-26 Banshees and throwing a HAVOK nuke on the ship's gravity lift. This stopped the initial invasion on that area of Reach and killed ten thousand Covenant troops, but at the cost of Joshua's life.

Numerous HAVOK nukes were utilized by the UNSC during the entirety of the Battle of Earth. One of these occasions was with Blue Team, deployed on Mount Erebus to destroy one of the Covenant's excavation forces.