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The mini nuke is an ammunition type found in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

VariationsEdit

Mini nukeEdit

A mini nuke is similar to a football in both shape and size. When the red tab on the nose is pressed down, the atomic fission is activated and creates a small nuclear explosion. However, the only way to detonate them is to use a Fat Man. Shooting it and/or using other explosives around it does not detonate the mini nuke.

Mini nuke grenadeEdit

	The following is based on Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

As its name would imply, the mini-nuke grenade is all the power of a mini nuke, packed into a hand-held explosive device.