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. See the power of the Republic of Indonesia is more powerful, Western-backed Dutch design tricks to create a puppet state that seemed to be independent, but still under Dutch control.
President Sukarno immediately take extreme measures, goals, reclaim Papua. Sukarno immediately issuing edicts, "Trikora" in Yogyakarta, and the contents are:
1. Abort the establishment of a puppet state of Papua made the Dutch colonial.
2. The Red and White Kibarkan Saka throughout the West Irian
3. Be prepared for a general mobilization, to maintain independence and unity of the nation's homeland.
Thanks to the proximity of Indonesia to the Soviets, then Indonesia is getting massive aid and naval strength in the world's most advanced military air by a giant value, U.S. $ 2.5 billion. Currently, the Indonesian military forces to be the strongest in the entire southern hemisphere.
The main strength of Indonesia at the time it was one of the main Trikora largest and fastest warships in the artificial world of the Soviet Sverdlov class, with 12-caliber 6-inch giant cannon. This is a KRI Irian, a giant weighing 16 640 tons with a crew of 1270 people, including 60 officers. Soviet, never even gave this strong ship in any other nation, except Indonesia. (newest ships of the class Sigma Indonesia now only weighs 1600 tons).
Indonesia's air force also been one of the deadliest air fleet in the world, which consists of more than 100 advanced aircraft at the time. This fleet consists of:
1. 20 supersonic fighter MiG-21 Fishbed.
2. 30 MiG-15 aircraft.
3. 49 high-subsonic fighter aircraft MiG-17.
4. 10 MiG-19 supersonic aircraft.
MiG-21 Fishbed is one of the main world's most advanced supersonic aircraft, which was capable of flying at speeds up to Mach 2. The aircraft is even more powerful than the most sophisticated American aircraft at the time, supersonic F-104 aircraft Starfighter and F-5 Tiger. While the Dutch are still relying on the planes from World War II such as the P-51 Mustang.
For the record, awesomeness planes MiG-21 and MiG-17 in the Vietnam War to encourage Americans founded the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor, pilot training center best known as TOP GUN.
Indonesia also has a fleet of 26 long-distance bomber strategic Tupolev Tu-16 (Badger A and B). This makes Indonesia been one of only four nations of the world that have strategic bombers, the United States, Russia, and England. Base located at Iswahyudi Air Field, Surabaya.
Even China and Australia also have not had this kind of strategic bombers. The bomber also features a variety of advanced electronic equipment and special anti-ship missiles AS-1 Kennel war, that the explosion could easily sink the ships of Western combat.
Indonesia also has 12 Whiskey-class submarines, dozens of Corvette-class battleships, nine of the world's largest helicopter MI-6, 41 MI-4 helicopters, transport planes, including a variety of heavy transport plane Antonov An-12B. In total, Indonesia has 104 combat ships. Not to mention the thousands of the best assault rifle then and still legendary today, AK-47.
This all makes Indonesia becomes salasahtu sea and air military power the world's strongest. The effect is so intense, so the United States under the leadership of John F. Kennedy forced the Dutch to get out of Papua, and the states in the UN forum that the transition of power in Papua, from the Netherlands to Indonesia is something that can be accepted.
source: kaskus.us
