Weapons by period
| Period | Allied weapon families | Commonwealth work | Integration rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | Naval guns, early Sidewinder, torpedoes and unguided stores | Domestic ammunition, fuzes, safe handling and improved sights | Imported weapon families require local production licences and aircraft/ship certification |
| 1960s | Sparrow/Sidewinder; Tartar/early Standard and Sea Sparrow as available; Ikara; early Exocet programme study | M1 air-defence family (1964); M2 coastal/ship anti-ship family (1968); locally manufactured Ikara derivatives | No Harpoon or modern active-radar AAM is backdated into this decade |
| 1970s | AIM-9 and AIM-7; Harpoon from the late decade; Exocet; Maverick; Paveway; Mk 46/Mk 48 torpedoes | M2 follow-on sensors and shipboard integration; long-range maritime targeting software | Guided bombs and anti-ship missiles use the correct certified launch platform |
| 1980–1985 | AIM-9L; Sparrow; AGM-84 Harpoon blocks appropriate to the edition; Paveway; HARM as introduced; Standard and Phalanx | Commonwealth seeker/electronics work, hardened weapon interfaces and stores-management computers | AMRAAM, later-generation ESSM and JASSM remain later acquisitions |
| 1990s | AMRAAM; later Sidewinder; Harpoon/SLAM; Exocet; Paveway; HARM; later ASRAAM evaluation | M3 Southern Lance air-to-air programme; M4 Marlin antisubmarine family; Nulka enters production/fielding at the end of the decade and early 2000s | A national development designation does not imply the imported baseline carried that name |
| 2000s | JASSM; JDAM; later Harpoon; AMRAAM and ASRAAM; ESSM; naval gun/CIWS upgrades | M5 Southern Reach stand-off strike programme; Australian/NZ mission processors and electronic protection | Later weapons are added only after platform integration, separation trials and software clearance |
| 2010s–2026 | Successive Standard/ESSM and AMRAAM blocks; precision air-launched weapons; later Naval Strike Missile options; modern torpedoes | Domestic seeker processing, passive surveillance, countermeasures and sovereign support | Long range is supported by a reconnaissance/targeting network; no weapon is assumed immune to interception or jamming |
Original Commonwealth families
The existing M1 air-defence system enters service in 1964 and the M2 anti-ship system in 1968. Later programme names are M3 Southern Lance for air-to-air development, M4 Marlin for antisubmarine development and M5 Southern Reach for stand-off strike. These are Commonwealth programme designations, distinct from AIM, AGM, Standard and other imported designations. Australian-produced licensed Harpoon remains identified by its certified AGM/RGM/UGM variant rather than being relabelled as an unrelated indigenous missile.
Domestic industrial network
Australian firms provide weapons integration, ammunition, castings, composite structures, radar and electronic-protection work. New Zealand supplies avionics software, simulation, mission processors, maritime sensors and precision manufacturing. Southern-state and New Zealand pharmaceuticals support military medicine as well as public healthcare. Singaporean, Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese firms participate in approved electronics and industrial supply chains.
Ikara demonstrates an Australian antisubmarine weapon lineage. Nulka supplies an Australian-led active-decoy development path, with period-appropriate trials and later production. Over-the-horizon radar and secure communications strengthen the reconnaissance and targeting chain. These are separate systems rather than interchangeable missiles.
Naval F-111 block alignment
| Block | Representative certified weapons | Domestic emphasis |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | AIM-9L, Sparrow, appropriate early Harpoon/Paveway and conventional strike stores | Stores clearance, maritime targeting and electronic protection |
| 1985 | Improved Harpoon, guided-bomb and anti-radiation integration as available | Digital weapon interfaces, defensive avionics and tanker interoperability |
| 1995 | AMRAAM, later Harpoon/SLAM, HARM and precision-bomb families after certification | Radar, mission-computer and seeker-processing upgrades |
| 2003 | Appropriate AMRAAM/ASRAAM, guided strike, later Harpoon and stand-off weapon integration | Networked targeting, electronic attack and long-range strike software |
The FB-111N retains the all-round strike role and broad compatible stores; the RF-111N retains reconnaissance priority and its specified M61 installation, and FB-111N also retains the M61. EF-111N retains two offensive ECM systems and corrected external attachment requirements in the game design record. Existing internal-bay geometry remains unchanged. A programme table does not assert that every listed weapon fits every pylon or that current mod configuration files were changed by this wiki update.
Historical technical references
Defence Science and Technology: Historical source
Defence Science and Technology: Historical source
New Zealand Kahu aircraft record: Historical source