JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<a href="blah">blah</a>
<a href="http://blah">ald</a>
<a href="http://blahsf">asdfld</a>
<a href="#">nfe</a>
JavaScript
$(document).ready( function() {
$('a').filter( function() {
return $(this).attr('href').substr(0, 7) == "http://";
}).attr('target', '_blank');
});