A nanomissile was a Culture weapon, 1 millimeter long and 0.1 mm in diameter, that used antimatter as an explosive.[1] A single missile's destructive power could level a building.[2] They contained engines (which produced plasma/radiation exhaust), processing[3] and sensors.[2]
The drone Sisela Ytheleus carried 240 nanomissiles,[3] and the knife missiles of the Miniaturised Drone Advanced Weapon System (MDAWS) carried them as well.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Hydrogen Sonata, 17
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Look to Windward, Closure
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Excession (novel), II