Surface-to-air missile launcher: Difference between revisions

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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.

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.

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]

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

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Ordnance in UNSC service

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

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)

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

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 File:BigAssMortarGun.jpg|Early images of the SAM site on [[High Ground (level)|High Ground]].
 File:H3 map.jpg|Diagram of the original High Ground concept model with the SAM launcher and its firing area marked in red.
+File:H3_TheStorm_SAM.png|A SAM launcher and some ARGAM missiles on the ''Halo 3'' mission The Storm.
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