David Shackleton

David Shackleton is a retired vice admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and a former chief of navy.

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The Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth fires its main gun during anti-aircraft firing serials in the Northern Australian Exercise Area off the coast of Darwin for Exercise KAKADU 2022, September 17, 2022. (Photo: Australian Department of Defence/LSIS Jarryd Capper)

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OPINION | The future of the RAN’s surface combatant force

David Shackleton

24 Aug 2023

5 min read

The Royal Australian Navy air warfare destroyer HMAS Sydney became the first Hobart-class destroyer to strike a land target with a Harpoon surface-to-surface missile during Exercise Pacific Vanguard 22. (Photo: Australian Department of Defence)

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OPINION | Rearming the Royal Australian Navy

David Shackleton

07 Mar 2023

5 min read

Photo: BAE Systems Australia

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OPINION | Australia’s Hunter-class frigate program must be stopped and redirected

David Shackleton

13 May 2022

4 min read

HMAS Perth, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Hobart alongside Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin. Photo: DoD

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HISTORY | The Adams-class guided-missile destroyers and the Royal Australian Navy

David Shackleton

04 Dec 2019

4 min read

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