Talk:Sonobuoy

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[edit] Cost of Sonobuoy Devices

These things come in loads, and are therefore expendable, is that correct? What is the cost of such equipment? Are these devices inexpensive enough to be used in throw-away mode, like artillery shells or bullets? I'm just wondering how efficient these are. If they are cheap enough, do users deploy tens, or hundreds of them, to saturate an area? Deploying three would seem like a minimum to me. I'm just interested in what the economies of scale are now that they are only 5"! Thanks for any comments! // Brick Thrower 08:35, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

If you do a Google search for sonabuoy and cost, you get a figure of around $ 300. Seaphoto 21:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)