Are there landlocked countries and navies in the world?

Most people always think that only countries near the sea have navies. In fact, at least eight landlocked countries in the world have also set up naval forces, and their navies are called inland navies.

Mongolia in Asia has the smallest "navy" in the world, and Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have established navies to protect the oil resources in the Caspian Sea. Paraguay in South America is said to have the strongest navy among landlocked countries, with more than 40 ships of all kinds. Bolivia used to be a coastal country, but now its fleet has moved inland to Lake Titicaca and inland rivers. Of the eight landlocked countries in Europe, three have navies: Hungary, Switzerland and Austria.

There are only seven people in mongolia navy.

Mongolia is the second largest landlocked country in the world, the closest country to the ocean and Qian Qian, and has the smallest naval force in the world.

Mongolia formed this navy to transport oil by boat through Kusugur Lake. Later, because Kusugur Lake is a famous tourist attraction in Mongolia, in order to protect the environment, Mongolia stopped transporting oil by oil. Known as "three ships, two guns and one plane", it is said that only one tugboat named sukhbaatar is still in use in the navy, with only seven people.

"sukhbaatar" is an old Russian tugboat, moored on Lake Kusugur, 2000 kilometers away from the nearest sea area. These Mongolian sailors usually don't have any military missions. Their main job is to transport wool and leather produced in Mongolia to Russia on the other side for trading. The captain has never even seen the sea.

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan established navies to protect their interests.

Kazakhstan has no navy for a long time, and the defense of the Caspian Sea region is mainly handled by more than 4,000 water guards. They always have more than a dozen small ships made in the Soviet Union and transferred by foreign countries, and their performance has long been seriously backward. With the increasing importance of oil resources in the Caspian Sea, the country began to attach importance to the development of the navy. In 2007, Kazakhstan's military publicly stated that it would establish a capable maritime combat force in the Caspian Sea region to protect its oil and gas resources.

On 201February 18, the commander-in-chief of Kazakhstan's armed forces and President Nazarbayev awarded the military flag to the navy, thus announcing the completion of the reorganization of Kazakhstan's navy. At present, Kazakhstan's navy consists of a small Caspian fleet, coastal artillery units and marine corps, and its main military port is located in Aktau, a city along the Caspian Sea.

The background of Turkmenistan's naval formation is exactly the same as that of Kazakhstan, and both need to safeguard their own interests in the Caspian Sea. After the Cold War, the Caspian Sea was surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran, among which Turkmenistan's maritime power was the weakest. Today, Turkmenistan's navy has 65,438+06 patrol boats, 2,000 soldiers and a joint base of coast guard and navy.

Turkish President Berdymukhamedov signed the decree on the formation of the navy for the first time in August 2009, hoping to form a decent navy and deploy it in Turkmenbashi port on the Caspian Sea before 20 15.

Ocean map of landlocked countries in South America

Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America, and some of its borders with Brazil and Argentina are bounded by rivers. The troops patrolling the border rivers are called the navy. It is reported that Paraguay has nearly 3,000 naval officers and soldiers and more than 40 ships of various types, making it an inland naval power.

Bolivia is also a landlocked country with a deep maritime complex. It not only has a naval fleet of more than 3,600 people and a marine corps of 500 people, but also has its own unique "Navy Festival". On "Navy Day", Bolivia held a grand military parade. Some small warships will be dressed up, put on trailers, lined up, crossed the square in the capital La Paz among flowers and colorful flags, and reviewed by state leaders and people. On the streets of Bolivian cities, the slogan "Bolivians demand access to the sea" can be seen everywhere.

After independence from the Spanish colony, there were more than 400 miles of Pacific coast in southern Bolivia, which were rich in natural resources such as saltpeter and bird droppings.

It is precisely because of this rich natural resources that the wars between Bolivia, Peru and Chile were finally triggered from 1879 to 1883. This brutal war ended in the defeat of Bolivia and Peru. According to the armistice agreement, Bolivia and Peru must cede a large area of coastal nitrate mining area to Chile as war compensation. Bolivia thus lost Antofagasta province on the south coast, making itself a landlocked country from the original coastal country. The original naval fleet had to sail inland into Lake Titicaca and inland rivers.

Inland European countries also have navies.

The Danube is an international river, which flows through Austria and Hungary. Both of them have their own inland navies.

Due to Austria's strict neutrality and budget constraints, Austria's river fleet was very small after World War II, with only part of the equipment of the Army Engineering Force. 1968 set up a patrol boat sub-fleet, with a miniature 40-foot patrol boat Oberst Brecht (A60 1) and an old self-propelled barge dubbed "Flat", and later built an armed patrol boat Niederosterreich. In addition, there are a number of "M-boot 80" motorboats made in Germany. Hungarian naval vessels are mainly a certain number of mine warfare vessels, which are responsible for inland river patrol.

Comparatively speaking, the Swiss navy is a symbol, which shows that this country has all-round three-dimensional military power. In addition, Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the two countries, once owned a navy, and a joke related to it was widely circulated on the Internet. (Sun Ruibo)

In that year, Mongolia established this navy (actually a small merchant fleet) in order to transport oil by boat through Lake Kusugur. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Lake Kusugur was a famous tourist attraction in Mongolia, and there was no pollution. In order to protect the environment, oil transportation activities were stopped. This navy, known as "three ships, two guns and one plane", has only one armed tugboat named sukhbaatar still in use.