Originally Posted by
RandomBlah
To state that P-8 "will have to deploy (I think you mean sono) buoys from higher altitude" is 100% wrong and an opinion not based on anything.
Dropping buoys from height has never been an issue apart from the fact that they weren't where you dropped them and it was assumed that they were in the relative positions intended. Didn't stop us find subs. I believe improvements over 3 decades ago over came that problem.