SAM stands for Surface to Air Missile. SAMs are fast firing, highly accurate defenses great for shooting down faster moving aircraft. SAMs are built at tech level 3 in Supreme Commander, either by an upgraded Commander, a Support Commander or T3 engineer.
There are four SAM launchers in Supreme Commander:
- UEF Anti-Air SAM Launcher: Flayer
- Cybran T3 Anti-Air SAM Launcher: Myrmidon
- Aeon T3 Anti-Air SAM Launcher: Transcender
There are other SAM-like launchers installed on individual units, such as the Nanodart launcher on Cybran Siren Class cruiser, SAMs on UEF Experimental Aircraft Carrier Atlantis and Cybran Experimental Spiderbot Monkeylord.
The Forged Alliance expansion added a fourth launcher, belonging to the Seraphim faction:
- Seraphim T3 Anti-Air Defense: Iathu-ioz
Unlike other factions' T3 static anti air, Seraphim use high damage, high velocity projectiles rather than tracking missiles.