ABADI-1 Explosion

General Australia (AUS) - human player Indonesia (IND) - computer East Timor (ETI) - computer Scenario At around 2am 18/Mar/2023 Zulu Time commercial trawlers reported a massive explosion on the newly constructed Indonesian owned and operated ABADI-1 Gas Production Platform, approximately 200nm North of Darwin, Australia, in the Timor Sea. Within hours the Indonesian Government made a public announcement, claiming the explosion was the result of a terrorist act committed by splinter FALINTIL (a pre-independence national liberation movement guerilla army) militia groups operating from East Timor. The Indonesian President declared resolutely that those responsible for this act of terrorism would be "swiftly brought to justice by any means necessary" and that "security in Timor would be restored once and for all." The Timor Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) immediately released a statement to the press strongly denying the existance of any such militia groups operating from East Timor and contested the claim of terrorist activity, suggesting that the reported explosions on the ABADI-1 platform were more likely the result of malfunctioning equipment, stemming from corrupt management practices, and thereby solely Indonesia's responsibility. The East Timorese Minister for Defence and Security made a public announcement shortly after that any foreign military incursions into East Timor would be met immediately with force. Later that day, the Australian Prime Minister made a brief public announcement that Australia was intensly concerned with recent events in the Timor Sea and neighboring regions. The Prime Minister indicated that Australia's national interests in the area have the "highest priority", that regional stability must be preserved and that Australia will do everything in its power to do so... Background Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and annexed the former Portuguese colony. In 1998, the Australian