So if anyone is confused about Soviets selling Indonesia their tech, the Indonesian's up to that point had been Soviet leaning. This tech also included naval ships.
The Soviet Cruiser Ordzhonikidzethat had been a subject of the Crabbe Affair, was transferred by the Soviet government to Indonesia in 1962, where it operated as KRI Irian. The ship operated in the conflict against the Netherlands over West Papua, and under Suhrto got used as a floating detention centre, stationed at Surabaya, for suspected communists during the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966. The cruiser was scrapped after Admiral Sudomo became Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, being sent to Taiwan for dismantling in 1972.
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So if anyone is confused about Soviets selling Indonesia their tech, the Indonesian's up to that point had been Soviet leaning. This tech also included naval ships.
The Soviet Cruiser Ordzhonikidzethat had been a subject of the Crabbe Affair, was transferred by the Soviet government to Indonesia in 1962, where it operated as KRI Irian. The ship operated in the conflict against the Netherlands over West Papua, and under Suhrto got used as a floating detention centre, stationed at Surabaya, for suspected communists during the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966. The cruiser was scrapped after Admiral Sudomo became Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, being sent to Taiwan for dismantling in 1972.
So yeah, Suharto's a real bastard of history.