Introduction
For a coastal country, the construction of naval power is very important, so many coastal countries invest a large amount of money in naval construction every year. In fact, in addition to coastal countries, many landlocked countries also want to enhance their military strength through the construction of maritime power. In the development process of the international community, Mongolia is one of the few landlocked countries to develop a navy.
In addition to Mongolia, there is another country whose naval construction is even more miserable. They just bought a large number of warships and were preparing to vigorously develop their navy, but they found that the sea had disappeared. Where is this unfortunate country? Why did they forcefully develop a navy?
Uzbekistan’s exploration of naval construction
This country is landlocked Uzbekistan in the middle of Central Asia. Like Mongolia, Uzbekistan is also a landlocked country. The country is located in Central Asia. Central Asia borders Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. For this landlocked country, the only water bordering it is the Aral Sea in the northwest.
Except for Uzbekistan, other countries around the Aral Sea have maritime military forces. Because of this, Uzbekistan has also decided to build naval forces. By observing the construction of military forces in various countries, we can see that although some countries are not close to the sea, they have never relaxed their efforts to build their navy. After all, each service has a special role. If a country's internal military construction is relatively If it is single, it will affect the development of their country's overall military strength.
In order to enhance its naval strength, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Defense also purchased three warships from Germany at the beginning. However, since they had never had experience in operating warships, they did not have any experience in operating warships. With correct operation, these warships also sank to the bottom of the sea. Since there are no warships for the time being, the navy cannot be established, but even so, Uzbekistan has not given up the idea of ??forming a navy.
Although there are no more warships, their country has not given up naval training. Finally, a few years later, they saved enough money to buy warships. At this time, they purchased a large number of warships, speedboats and helicopters from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. After these naval equipment were in place, more than two thousand have been trained. The navy is also preparing to hold an army founding ceremony at the seaside and fight.
However, when they arrived near the Aral Sea, they found that the original sea had disappeared, and now there was only a deserted beach in front of them. And the warships bought with huge sums of money can only be left on the beach to be exposed to the wind and sun. So why did the Aral Sea mysteriously disappear?
The reason for the disappearance of the Aral Sea
In fact, the Aral Sea is not a sea in the true sense. It is just a lake with high salt content. Although the Aral Sea was once one of the four largest lakes in the world, First, since the middle of the last century, the Aral Sea has shrunk due to excessive human exploitation and utilization.
As the water level gradually dropped, in the 1980s, the Aral Sea was divided into northern and southern waters. By 2003, the waters of the Aral Sea began to further differentiate due to the drop in water levels. In 2014, the South Aral Sea bordering Uzbekistan was also close to drying up. In this way, Uzbekistan's navy also encountered this very embarrassing situation.
Uzbekistan’s Saving of the Aral Sea
In order to solve this problem, Uzbekistan has adopted many means, but the problem of Aral Sea depletion has never been fundamentally solved. . Today, Uzbekistan still retains a naval force in the country, but compared to the army, air force and other services, the number of the navy can be said to be only a handful. Although the performance of the warships they purchased is very outstanding, if there is no sea, then these warships will have no use, and no matter how good their performance is, they are just a decoration.
Conclusion
As the Aral Sea gradually disappears, Uzbekistan’s naval equipment may also undergo some changes in the future development of military construction. For their country, the idea of ??building a navy is certainly not wrong, but in the process of building a navy, one should also pay attention to the influence of the country's geographical location. If a country does not even have a sea, then building a navy will only Could be a waste of resources. I wonder if Uzbekistan will give up its naval construction after the Aral Sea dries up completely.
Reference material: "Overview of Uzbekistan"