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1st Vertical Replenishment for Chinese Naval Fleet

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A helicopter with supplies flies towards the Chinese supply ship Weishanhu in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009.

A helicopter with supplies flies towards the Chinese supply ship Weishanhu in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009. [Xinhua]

 
A helicopter with supplies flies towards the Chinese destroyer Wuhan sailing in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009.

A helicopter with supplies flies towards the Chinese destroyer Wuhan sailing in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009. [Xinhua]

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 2, 2009)

A helicopter unloads supplies onto the deck of Chinese destroyer Wuhan sailing in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009. The destroyer Wuhan sent a helicopter to fetch supplies from a Chinese merchant ship Xin Fei Zhou on Saturday, which was the first vertical replenishment (VERTREP) done by the Chinese naval fleet since it began its escort mission against pirates on January 6, 2009.
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