Sunday, November 14, 2010
Military Giant Strength Indonesia Year 1960
Posted by snug of world | Sunday, November 14, 2010 | Category:
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1960s, the era of President Sukarno.Indonesia is one of the main military force of the largest and strongest in the world. At that time, even the Dutch forces are not comparable with Indonesia, and America is very concerned with the development of our military forces are heavily supported by the latest technology of the Soviet Union.
1960, the Dutch are still entrenched in Papua. Seeing the power of the Republic of Indonesia is increasingly intense, the Western-backed Dutch deception designed to establish a puppet state that seemed to be independent, but still under Dutch control.
President Sukarno immediately take extreme action, objectives, retake Papua. Sukarno immediately issued a declaration "Trikora" in Yogyakarta, and its contents are:1. Abort the establishment of a puppet state of Papua artificial Dutch colonial.2. Kibarkan Sang Saka Merah Putih throughout the West Irian3. Be prepared for a general mobilization, maintaining independence and unity of the nation's homeland.
Thanks to the proximity of Indonesia with the Soviets, then Indonesia massive assistance fleet and air force advanced military in the world with a huge amount, U.S. $ 2.5 billion. Currently, the Indonesian military forces to be strongest in the southern hemisphere.
Indonesia's main strength in the time it was one of the main Trikora largest and fastest warship in the world of artificial Soviet Sverdlov class, with 12 cannon caliber 6-inch giant. This is a KRI Irian, with a giant weight of 16,640 tons with a crew of 1270 people including 60 officers. Soviets, never once gave this strong ship in any other nation except Indonesia. (Newest ships of class Sigma Indonesia now only weighs 1600 tons).
Indonesian Air Force also became one of the main fleet in the world's most deadly air, which consists of more than 100 advanced aircraft at the time. This fleet consists of:
1. 20 supersonic fighter MiG-21 Fishbed.2. 30 aircraft MiG-153. 49 high-subsonic jet fighters MiG-17.4. 10 MiG-19 supersonic aircraft.
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