Surface-to-air missile launcher
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The surface-to-air missile launcher, colloquially known as the SAM site,[2] is an anti-aircraft emplacement employed by the United Nations Space Command.
Overview
The surface-to-air missile launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the ASRGAM 10X surface-to-air missile.[Note 1] Such weapons were in use by the UNSC in Voi and Outpost C9 during the Battle of Earth.[3][4][1]
Trivia
- 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.[5]
Gallery
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.
List of appearances
- Halo 3 (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo 3, multiplayer map High ground
- ^ Bungie.net, Humpday Challenge: Double Trouble: "After clawing our way back to a 5-5 tie, Frankie and I spawned by the Mongoose near the SAM Site." (Retrieved on Oct 14, 2014) [archive]
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Storm
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level Floodgate
- ^ Halo 3 marketing, Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!
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