Surface-to-air missile launcher

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A SAM launcher in Outpost C9.

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.Template:Fact

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

The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher is present in Halo 3 on the Campaign levels The Storm and Floodgate, as well on the multiplayer level High Ground. It is unusable and serves only as scenery.
For High Ground, Bungie had tried to have the SAM site AI-controlled, so that when players are charging up the map, 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]

The SAM site on High Ground in the Halo 3 alpha.
Diagram of the original High Ground concept model with the SAM launcher and its firing area marked in red.
A SAM launcher and some ASRGAM missiles on the Halo 3 mission The Storm.