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(New page: A subset of underway replenisment, in which the supply ship and the warship being resupplied do not physically connect, but use helicopters to transfer the supples. Faster and requ...)
 
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A subset of [[underway replenisment]], in which the supply ship and the warship being resupplied do not physically connect, but use [[helicopter]]s to transfer the supples. Faster and requiring less shiphandling skill than [[connected replenishment]], but cannot transfer as large a volume
A subset of [[underway replenishment]], in which the supply ship and the warship being resupplied do not physically connect, but use [[helicopter]]s to transfer the supples. Faster and requiring less shiphandling skill than [[connected replenishment]], but cannot transfer as large a volume

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A subset of underway replenishment, in which the supply ship and the warship being resupplied do not physically connect, but use helicopters to transfer the supples. Faster and requiring less shiphandling skill than connected replenishment, but cannot transfer as large a volume