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[[Image:Exterminatus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Exterminatus being performed on a planet using cyclonic torpedoes]]
'''Cyclonic torpedoes''' are a category of [[torpedo]] utilized by the [[Imperium]] for orbital bombardment of a planet once [[Exterminatus]] has been invoked. A wide variety of weapons fit the definition of cyclonic torpedoes, and employ varying means of scouring the world's surface, from nucleonic fire to raw plasma,{{Fn|1}} or even deadly radiation.{{Fn|14}} Whatever their method of destruction, the effect of cyclonic torpedoes is the same: the complete destruction of all life on the planet, its atmosphere burned away in a storm of fire and its oceans boiled to vapour, leaving it a barren rock.{{Fn|2}}
The only factions within the Imperium known to have these weapons are the [[Inquisition]] and the [[Adeptus Astartes]]. Sources conflict on to what extent the Space Marines have the authority to declare Exterminatus without the assent of an Inquisitor, but agree that Inquisitors have the authority on their own recognizance.{{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Nightbringer (Novel)]], Chapter Sixteen, pg. 280
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 287 (UK)]], pg. 68 - ''Dying Flame - Last Stand of the Firebrands''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Tactica Imperialis (Background Book)]], pg. 66
[[Category:Naval Weapons]]
