Well the MBDA Meteor issue was due to the fins being to large for internal carriage. Apparenty MBDA plan to remedy that with a clipped fin variant, external carriage presented no issue.

As for ASRAAM that is a bit more bemusing, it’s designed to be compatible with any aircraft wired for Sidewinder. I wonder if it’s more to do with UK gov not wanting to pick up integration costs.

Yes i’d heard that about the Meteor, it could only fit in the A2G slots, not the A2A.

That was what was confusing me about ASRAAM, my thought was just that it hadn’t been integrated. The Aussies will need it integrated eventually as well wont they?