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A nanohole[1] (or "micro black hole"[2]) is a type of ordnance that may be deployed from spacecraft.

A Culture anti-spacecraft nanohole in the c. 19th century CE could be deployed within 11 microseconds[3] and destroy a Rapid Offensive Unit.[1]

A nanohole deployed into a planetoid would collapse the planetoid into the nanohole leaving minimal debris; satellites at a distance would remain unaffected, including their orbits.[2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Excession, chapter 10.7
  2. 2.0 2.1 The State of the Art, chapter 5.2
  3. Excession, chapter 10.11