Nope it is not replacement of anything.
I'm sure you guys remember when navy officiate the samudera class training ship.
There were a suggestion for building 10 of those in warship configuration as an cheap alternative for our urgent need of ship.
these could be the said suggestion.
Imo, it is an cheaper alternative compare to kedah class.
possible less than half the cost of the kedah class.

Just read wikipedia abt the spanish aircraft carrier principe de asturias and was wondering what wud happen if we get it in like 2021. Lets say(highly unlikely) that najib raises the defence budget to 2.5% gdp, would it be a good idea to form a carrier battle group with gowinds, subs, the carrier with f35s and upgraded kedahs?? Btw im not saying theres a chance this will happen, juz trying to feed my fantasy

i think any aegis destroyer maybe even fremm better than t45, only got 48 anti air and no multipurpose to fight ships,subs. i think got one time the navy chief say need 2 more scorpenes

tered ini penuh dgn wet dreams.. lolz
my wet dream is to see atleast 6 scorpene and two destroyers in the TLDM's fleet

X cukup wet tu....alang2 biar wet gile2 terus

well, at least it will help us in creating our own marine unit and doctrine

now just the issue of getting the right equipments, how nice if usmc could donate a few
 

a lot think we can't compare to Indonesia, they still have 10x more population than as which help them for economic grow, 3x more economic power for now, you can see from 2016 start there Military budget will increase double from now, no no issue for them to continue to build military hard to big quantity. in 2025+ start they will be world top 5 economic power in world.  no surprise one day they event have Aircarft Carrier.

The Su-30MKM is an upgraded variant for RMAF. Indonesia is the Su-30MK2.

Hence I say "we do not have politician who is passionate and enthusiastic on national security and military"

Well they passionate on something else rather than on military.