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Is this going to be an extra-cost option when shipping?

  [ ] Saturday Delivery
  [ ] Signature Required
  [X] SAM Protection

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It will definitely get FedEx a discount on their reinsurance policy for freight service.

Picturing myself signing up for State Farm renter's insurance in a place like Portland, Oregon:

"Does your apartment building have a system-wide fire alarm? A barbed wire fence? A SAM site?"

What 80's futuristic action movie is all of this from?

What is SAM?

SAM is surface-to-air missile.

Thanks kind stranger. And the people who downvoted me for asking, eat my short.

We (unamed BBS collective kids in US) back in the 1980s developed a simple IR seeking short range rocket from Radio Shack and Heathkit stuff. Nothing nefarious indended, just Hmm how can we solve this problem that nations are. OG hacking intent frankly.

Instead of a payload detonating it popped a chute, as was the fashion of the day.

IR countermeasture flares extra per (1) incident.

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