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The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher, colloquially known as the SAM Site,^[1] is a UNSC weapons emplacement.

Overview

The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the ASRGAM 10X surface-to-air missile.

Such weapons were in use by the UNSC in Voi and Outpost C9 during the Battle of Earth.

Trivia

The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher is present on the Campaign levels The Storm and Floodgate, as well on the multiplayer level High Ground. It is unusable and serves only as scenery.
Bungie had tried to have the SAM Site AI-controlled, so that when players are charging up High Ground, there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.^[2]

Gallery

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Pictures of the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher.
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Diagram of the original High Ground concept model with the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher and its firing area marked in red.

List of appearances

Halo 3 (First appearance)

Sources

v • d • e

Ordnance in UNSC service

Missiles and rockets

Ground-launched	Anaconda SAM • Argent V • ASRGAM-10X • Lancet • ASGM-7 • M5100 LTM

Air-launched	AAM-50XR • AGM-79C • Anvil ASM (ANVIL-II • ANVIL-IV) • Argent V • ASGM-4 • ASGM-10 • ASGM-15 • MITV Pod • Phoenix missile • Scorpion missile • ST/Medusa missile

Ship-launched	Archer • Ares • Bident • Fusion rocket • Harpoon • Howler • Hyperion • Longbow • Shrieker • Rapier • Rudra • Shiva (VE-3) • Streak

Launch systems

A-74 Sylver missile launcher • ATAF missile turret • M39 rocket turret • M5920 missile launcher • M79 MLRS • M80 MLRS • Lance GMWS (M95 • M97) • M260 MLRS • M302 rocket pod • M400 missile launcher • M651 missile launcher • M/RODAS delivery system • Scimitar rocket pod • "Shoulder Angel" • Unidentified SAM launcher

Nuclear weapons

Medium Fusion Destructive Device	FENRIS nuclear warhead • Fury tactical nuclear weapon • HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon

Strategic	11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missile • Harpoon nuclear missile • Hyperion nuclear missile • NOVA bomb • Rudra-class nuclear missile • Shiva-class nuclear missile (VE-3 type)

Chemical weapons

Narcozine gas • VX 7 nerve gas

Mines

Ground	Antilon anti-personnel mine • Asteroidea anti-personnel mine • Cryo mine • Lotus anti-tank mine • TR/9 antipersonnel mine • Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine • Type 18 Magnetic/Bayonet-style Claymore • Unidentified landmine

Space	M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System • M1011 Moray space mine

Explosives

C-7 foaming explosive • C10 charge • C-12 shaped charge • Fougasse • M168 Demolition Charge • M383C LSC demolition kit • MX-8 explosive • MX-10 mini-brick • Octas • Satchel charge • Skinner • Thermite-carbon cord • Thermite paste • Unidentified UNSC explosive • XTCC

Grenades

40mm grenade • Concussion grenade • Flashbang grenade • Gas grenade • M9 fragmentation grenade • M9030 HEI/RD • Napalm grenade • Scramble grenade • Smoke grenade • Sonic grenade • Stun grenade • Thermite grenade

Bombs

GBU-1105 bomb • Mark 208 bomb • Improvised bomb • M888 Octadart bomb • XGBU-302 bomb

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 {{Era|HCW}}
-The '''Surface-to-air missile launcher''',<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12516 Bungie Humpday Challenge 5/31/2007]</ref> abbreviated to '''SAM Site''' and colloquially known as a notable piece of scenery on the map [[High Ground]], is a [[UNSC]] weapons emplacement. It appears in ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s singleplayer and multiplayer, though only as a background object with no combat capability.
+The '''Surface-to-Air Missile launcher''', colloquially known as the '''SAM Site''',<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12516 Bungie Humpday Challenge 5/31/2007]</ref> is a [[UNSC]] weapons emplacement.
-==Background==
+==Overview==
-The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the [[Advanced Short-Range Ground-to-Air Missile 10X|ASRGAM 10X]] surface-to-air missile. It is featured in the ''Halo 3'' [[multiplayer]] level High Ground and the [[Campaign]] level [[The Storm]] And in [[Floodgate]]. It was thought by some players to be a large mortar device that can fire on upcoming attackers.
+The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the [[Advanced Short-Range Ground-to-Air Missile 10X|ASRGAM 10X]] surface-to-air missile.
-This was proven false by [[Bungie]] which stated it was unusable and it was only scenery. Workers at Bungie had tried to have the SAM missile site AI-controlled, so that when player(s) are charging up High Ground, there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.<ref>[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]]</ref>
+Such weapons were in use by the UNSC in [[Voi]] and [[Outpost C9]] during the [[Battle of Earth]].
+==Trivia==
+*The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher is present on the [[Campaign]] levels [[The Storm]] and [[Floodgate]], as well on the [[multiplayer]] level [[High Ground]]. It is unusable and serves only as scenery.
+*Bungie had tried to have the SAM Site AI-controlled, so that when players are charging up High Ground, there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.<ref>[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]]</ref>
 ==Gallery==
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 File:H3 map.jpg|Diagram of the original [[High Ground (level)|High Ground]] concept model with the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher and its firing area marked in red.
 </gallery>
+==List of appearances==
+*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
 ==Sources==
 <references/>