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'''Class-D nuclear warheads''' are a form of weapon for ''[[Galactica]]'' or her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadrons. | |||
'''Class-D nuclear warheads''' are a | |||
After news of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on | After news of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on [[battlestar|sister ships]] and the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], Commander [[William Adama]] orders a desperate search through [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] database records for munitions depots to rearm the battlestar (whose own weapons were [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Miniseries|destroyed as part of her scheduled decommissioning]]). | ||
Little else is noted about the weapons, except that Colonel [[Saul | Little else is noted about the weapons, except that Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]'s records indicate that some are kept at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries, Night 1]]). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* In the United States military, Class-D is the designation of a relatively light-weight thermonuclear weapon. The W-28 warhead in the [[ | * In the United States military, Class-D is the designation of a relatively light-weight thermonuclear weapon. The W-28 warhead in the [[Wikipedia:B28_nuclear_bomb|B-28 TN bomb]] is an example of this type. | ||
* Insufficient information exists as to whether these weapons are the same seen later in various forms in the Re-imagined Series. It is probable, but not verifiable, that ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' shared some of these weapons (if any were available) to her older sister ship. | |||
*Viewers would later see different kinds of nuclear ordinance in the series. | |||
#The first was in the form of a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] kiloton nuclear missile that strikes ''Galactica'' ([[Miniseries, Night 1]]). | |||
#A second was the form of one warhead given to [[Gaius Baltar]] for his [[Cylon detector]] ([[Bastille Day]]), which is later given to [[Gina]] and her [[Demand Peace]] movement. Later, in her depression, Gina detonates the warhead, destroying ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and several other civilian [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ships ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). | |||
#The third instance has ''Galactica'' herself deploying and arming (but never firing) several nuclear missiles in a standoff against a Cylon expedition to the [[algae planet]] and the [[Temple of Five]] ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]). | |||
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