********* TOP SECRET ********* 12251998 2300 ZULU / 0600 LOCAL TO: COMMANDER OPERATION REMOVE DOUBT, SOUTH ASIAN ALLIED FORCE (SAAF) FROM: AIR MARSHALL BEN TAYLOR, SAAF SUBJ: INITIATE ATTACKS AGAINST KELOMPOK ENAM AND SURABAYA NAVAL BASE 1. SITUATION: A WEATHER REPORT BY THE AO MAJOR WILL FOLLOW THIS BRIEFING. A. ENEMY: KELOMPOK ENAM "GROUP OF SIX" (IJF) IS READYING NAVAL ASSETS AND A/C TO REMOVE FROM POWER REGIONAL ETHNIC GOVERNING BODIES OF THE ISLANDS OF SUMATRA AND KALIMANTAN. WE BELIEVE THE IMMEDIATE THREAT IS TO KALIMANTAN LAND MASS AND WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE INDICATING NAVAL FORCES WILL MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION SOMETIME IN THE LATE MORNING LOCAL TIME. KELOMPOK ENAM HAS SOMEHOW GAINED ACCESS AND RUDIMENTARY TRAINING TO SEVERAL TYPES OF A/C WE WERE PREVIOUSLY UNAWARE INDONESIA POSSESSED. WE ARE STILL UNCLEAR OF IJF OOB. US INTELLIGENCE HAS NOT LOCATED THE IJF SUBMARINES CAKRA AND NAGARANGSANG. THESE ARE EXPORT MODEL 206 GERMAN DIESEL-ELECTRIC'S. THEY ARE FEARED TO BE IN YOUR NAVAL SAG'S AO. B. FRIENDLY - USAF: USAF IS PROVIDING A B-1B BOMBER SQUADRON WITH SUPPORTING FUELING ASSETS OUT OF ANDREWS AB GUAM, SOME B-1'S ARE NOT BLOCK C A/C AND WILL NEED MORE PREP AND LOAD TIME. USAF RESERVE F-16 BLK-40, E-3C AWACS, F-16CJ BLK-52 SEAD, AND KC-135 TANKERS WILL BE BASED OUT OF EDWIN ANDREWS IN THE PHILIPPINES, MUCH CLOSER TO INDONESIA, AND IN SUPPORT FOR ALL SAAF A/C. SINGAPORE IS HOSTING SEVERAL USAF KC-135 TANKER SUPPORT A/C, THESE A/C ARE BASED AT PAYA LEBAR AB. KH-11 PASSES DURING THE OPERATION WILL ASSIST SAAF. C. FRIENDLY - USN: USNS AOE 6 SUPPLY HAS JUST COMPLETED LOGISTICAL OFFLOAD AT EDWIN ANDREWS AND IS CURRENTLY LEAVING FOR HAWAII. MALAYSIA AND THE US HAVE PROVIDED THREE MINE SWEEPING SHIPS ATTACHED TO OUR ANZAC ALPHA TASK FORCE. ADDITIONALLY, THE USS DOYLE IS STEAMING SOUTH AT HIGH SPEED INTO THE MAKASSAR STRAIT. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE FIREPOWER TO STOP ANY INVASION SAG, BUT IT CAN PROVIDE VALUABLE INTELLIGENCE AND POSSIBLE SLOW OR DETER THE IJF FROM CARRYING OUT IT'S INVASION PLANS. D. RAAF/RAN ATTS AND DETS: ALL AVAILABLE F-111 AND RC-111 AT RAAF LEARMONTH, AIR SUPPORT A/C AT RAAF CURTIN AND THE ANZAC TASK FORCE ALPHA. THIS NAVAL SAG HAS A MIX OF OUR NEWEST DDG AND FFG'S. ALPHA IS COVERING THE APPROACH FOR THE MINE SWEEPERS IN ROUTE TO LOMBOK STRAIT, WITH THE INTENTION OF STEAMING NORTH TO KALMANTAN THROUGH THE LOMBOK STRAIT AFTER MINE SWEEPERS HAVE CLEARED A PATH. HMAS STUART IS STEAMING TO SUPPORT CHRISTMAS ISLAND AND THEIR AIR DEFENSE. 2. MISSION: INITIATE RECON AND ATTACKS AT SURABAYA NAVAL BASE. STRIKE COMINT, HQ AND OTHER NAVAL PLANNING AND DOCKING FACILITIES AT SURABAYA. CLEAR LOMBOK AND SUNDA STRAITS OF ANY MINES. INITIATE ATTACKS AND INTERDICTION STRIKES AGAINST KELOMPOK ENAM KALIMANTAN NAVAL TASK FORCE AND ALL A/C SUPPORTING KELOMPOK ENAM OPERATIONS. A. PRIMARY: CONDUCT STRIKES AGAINST IDJ NAVAL INVASION TASK FORCES WHEN FOUND AND IDENTIFIED POSITIVELY. DE-MINE THE LOMBOK STRAIT AND RACE YOUR FFG/DDG TASK GROUP INTO THE JAVA SEA TO ENGAGE THE INVASION FORCE. B. SECONDARY: CONDUCT BOMBING RAIDS AGAINST SURABAYA NAVAL BASE (SNB), SNB COMINT, SNB NAVAL HQ AND MARINE BARRACKS WHEN TARGETS HAVE BEEN PROPERLY DEVELOPED AND RECONNOITERED. C. TO SUPPORT A, GAIN AIR SUPERIORITY OVER SURABAYA NAVAL BASE, EAST JAVA AND JAVA SEA. D. TO SUPPORT B, CONDUCT SEAD OPERATIONS AGAINST LOCAL IJF EW, SAM AND RADAR PICKETS AROUND SURABAYA. DEGRADE THE IFJ AIR DEFENSES BEFORE COMMITTING THE ANY BOMBERS. E. TO SUPPORT A, CONDUCT MINE-SWEEPING AND ASW MISSIONS IN JAVA SEA, SUNDA AND LOMBOK STRAITS TO GET YOUR TASK GROUP INTO THE JAVA SEA. MOVE YOUR ANZAC ALPHA SAG INTO THE JAVA SEA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO ENGAGE THE IJF. F. SPECIAL NOTE: DISTANCE AND POTENTIAL MINING REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES. FOCUS ON DESTROYING ENEMY AIRCRAFT AND HIGH-VALUE SURABAYA NAVAL TARGETS INCLUDING PRIMARY OBJECTIVE, THE INVADING NAVAL TASK FORCE. WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER TARGETING INTELLIGENCE FOR SURABAYA NAVAL BASE. A RECON OVERFLIGHT IS MOST PRESSING. 3. EXECUTION: YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO INITIATE HOSTILITIES. WE MUST ARRAY OUR FORCES FIRST AND ASSESS THE IJF'S CAPABILITY BEFORE STRIKING THEIR FLEET AND NAVAL BASE DECISIVELY, WE HAVE THE POLITICAL INITIATIVE, BUT THIS MIGHT ERODE IF WE STRIKE TOO EARLY OR WITH INCOMPLETE INTEL. A. IF NECESSARY, YOU CAN LAND AND REFUEL AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND. A SURVEILLANCE RADAR IS OPERATIONAL ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND AND IS CURRENTLY RADIATING. B. CHRISTMAS ISLAND MAY BE CONSIDERED A TARGET FOR IJF DUE TO EXPECTED USE BY SAAF FORCES. C. GROUPINGS AND TASKS: UC NO CHANGE. D. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS: AUSTRALIAN A/C SHOULD COORDINATE WITH AMERICAN FORCES FOR MAXIMUM STRIKE DENSITY. DISTANCE TO TARGET WILL PRESENT COORDINATION CHALLENGES D. OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS: RELEASE OF SPECIAL WEAPONS IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 4. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS: AN AN/APG-43 RADAR WAS MOVED FROM STORAGE ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND, IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SOME EARLY WARNING OF ANY IJF ATTACKS ON THE ISLAND BEFORE HMAS STUART ARRIVES. 5. COMMAND AND CONTROL: EMCON STATE B LIMITED (NO UNIQUE EMISSIONS). A. COMMANDER OPERATION REMOVE DOUBT IS OFFICER IN TACTICAL COMMAND. 6. GOOD LUCK AND GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, SAAF SENDS. ********* TOP SECRET *********