Question about real world use of sonobouys

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severe7
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Question about real world use of sonobouys

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As someone who has no real world experience in anti-submarine warfare I'm interested to know what navies do with dropped sonobouys after they loose signal, run out of battery or drift out of the intended area. The reason I ask is that they seem like a piece of equipment that may have classified components.
Do they get picked up, sink or self destruct? Or are they not as sensitive as I think and left to just float around?

(Since the tech has existed for a very long time I hope this isn't "OPSEC")
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RE: Question about real world use of sonobouys

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So the ocean floor is filled with thousand of old sonobouys, and they have no military value?
I'm happy that no unlucky sailors have to go out in RHIBs searching for a a bouy dropped somewhere in the Atlantic ocean by a P-3 Orion [8D] That would be one of the worst jobs in the world.
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