A Sonar buoy was a relatively small, expendable sonar system that was dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare or underwater acoustic research. In 1999, a sub-hunting Helicopter from the USS Kenosha seeded sonar buoys in the search for the SSGN Minsk, which responded by going silent. (From the Stars: From the Stars)
A Sonar buoy was a relatively small, expendable sonar system that was dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare or underwater acoustic research. In 1999, a sub-hunting Helicopter from the USS Kenosha seeded sonar buoys in the search for the SSGN Minsk, which responded by going silent. (From the Stars: From the Stars)