links and targeting

links and targeting

I have links in my <nav></nav> element that change content of another element with ID "article". which works for me. However, I sometimes have links in the nav area which are to external sites which I will need to load in a new window or browser tab. I am not sure as to go about this. Below is just the code for content that is local.
  1. (function() {

            $('nav').on('click', 'a', function(event) {
                var link = $(this).attr('href');
            event.preventDefault();
            $('#article').load(link);
        });
    })();