Sonobuoy/Related Articles

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Anti-submarine warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
Geophysical MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
Sonar [r]: A contraction of sound navigation and ranging, formally includes the active mode in which a pulse goes out and a receiver measures the echo. Also includes hydrophones or passive, listen-only systems. ^[e]

AN/SSQ-363 [r]: Air-expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) buoys in a sonobuoy package ^[e] air-expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) buoys in a sonobuoy package
AN/SSQ-53 [r]: Directional frequency analysis and recording (DIFAR) passive sonobuoy family built for the United States Navy ^[e] directional frequency analysis and recording (DIFAR) passive sonobuoy family
AN/SSQ-57 [r]: U.S. Navy family of low-frequency analysis and recording (LOFAR) passive sonobuoys ^[e]
AN/SSQ-77 [r]: Typically for the high background noise environment of littoral warfare, U.S. Navy Vertical line array DIFAR (VLAD) sonobuoys with directional receiver arrays and signal processing ^[e] vertical line array DIFAR (VLAD) sonobuoys with directional receiver arrays and signal processing
AN/SSQ-62 [r]: Directional command activated active sonobuoy system (DICASS) of the U.S. Navy ^[e] directional command activated active sonobuoy system (DICASS)
AN/SSQ-110 [r]: Add brief definition or description extended echo-ranging (EER) active sonobuoys; carry small explosive charges used as additional sources of acoustic
Data Link Communications Sonobuoy [r]: Acoustic transmitter, in a sonobuoy housing, for clandestine communications with submerged submarines. ^[e] acoustic transmitter, in a sonobuoy housing, for communications with submerged submarines.

Maritime patrol aircraft [r]: Very long range, usually land-based, aircraft optimized for sea surveillance, originally principally for anti-submarine warfare but often with anti-surface warfare capabilities; newer types also have land and littoral surveillance roles ^[e]
Magnetic anomaly detection [r]: (MAD) A technique for locating submerged submarines from antisubmarine warfare helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft; short-range and used for final localization, complementing sonar, before weapons release ^[e]