The video shows how a GPS pinpoints a target before it is hit by a bomb of up to 1000 pounds.
It is not known what were the targets seen in the video, as "Defence does not release specific details of each mission and air strike conducted by the Air Task Group".
"This information can be used by Daesh for intelligence purposes or to fabricate false claims that attempt to undermine the legitimacy of ADF operations," an ADF statment said.
Among the targets is a factory near the northern Iraq city of Mosul which was producing explosive devices, reported The Australian newspaper.
The mission was undertaken by Australia's Air Task Group which is conducting combat and support operations against US targets in Syria and Iraq as part of the US coalition already operating in the region.
The task force includes six Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft and a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) according to a release by the Australian Defence Department.
Australian military forces carried out their first air strikes in Syria, US authorities confirmed last week.
US Central Command stated that coalition military forces carried out three air strikes in Syria, as well as 15 in Iraq, targeting Islamic State targets.
In Syria, forces targeted areas near:
- Al Hasakah, where two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL armored personnel carrier.
- Dayr Az Zawr, where one airstrike struck an ISIL crude oil collection point.
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Australian officers were involved in the Syrian strikes, alongside Bahrain, Canada, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the US.
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said an Australian hornet fighter aircraft destroyed an armored personnel carrier with a precision guided missile.
Mr Andrews confirmed that the strike was carried out on Monday.
"This is part of our logical extension in the fight against Daesh to operate not just over northern Iraq, but also to operate over eastern Syria in order to degrade and destroy the Daesh forces," he said.
"... We don't normally announce the missions that occur almost on a daily basis. On this occasion, I was planning to make a ministerial statement, which is a six-monthly update of our operations in the Middle East."
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