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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>


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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.
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.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
==Sources==
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Revision as of 18:20, June 21, 2013

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

List of appearances

Sources