Indonesians were lucky in the Confrontation.....there were plans
to nuke them if they had escalated the conflict.
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from:
http://users.qld.chariot.net.au/~dialabull/Indonesia-Malaysia%20Confrontation.htm
By 1960 the RAF was involved in drawing up nuclear targeting plans
for SEATO and had made plans to move 48 Red Beard tactical nuclear
weapons to Tengah in 1962. Three squadrons of V-bombers would be
based there, capable of dropping Red Beard weapons from high
altitude, together with one squadron of smaller Canberra aircraft,
which would use a low-altitude bombing system, or "toss bombing"
tactic.
British Vulcan (V-bombers) were never sent permanently to the Far
East. Instead, four to eight were dispatched to Tengah, Singapore
and RAAF Butterworth, Malaya between 1963 and 1966 during the
"confrontation" between Malaysia and Indonesia. These aircraft
would have been tasked, if the confrontation had escalated, with
conventional bombing of Indonesian airfields to begin with. Nuclear
bombs would only be used as a last resort. In addition, the
Canberra squadron at Tengah began low-altitude nuclear bombing
exercises at the end of 1963. This squadron remained in the Far
East until 1970, although it is not clear that it necessarily
remained nuclear equipped. The British government decided that any
further escalation by the Indonesians would result in British
Vulcan bombers conducting raids against Indonesian targets using
RAAF Base Darwin as their operating base, but there is no evidence
that any of the 48 nuclear bombs were moved to Darwin. During
confrontation only one raid by two Victor-bombers took place
against Indonesia........
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Stupid Indons- Look at them today, the politicians are still
spoiling for a fight.... not knowing Singapore is much stronger
than them, even without the nuclear option. If we had a mad govt,
they would be finished.....
