Seriously, what is the problem with the Kedah-class not equipped with missiles? At least the Exocets if not the SeaRAM?

IIRC the RMN has a good number of Exocets. In the grand scope of things, is it so costly to install a few on the Kedah-class? A ship only needs 8 missiles anyway (assuming the on-board FCS can already support them).

As ever, I believe its budget issue as well as operational requirements
6 Kedahs x 8 missiles x about EUR 1m each = Rm224 million

Thats not chump change. Even if we arm just 2 Kedahs at a time, thats Rm75M... its the choice between up gunning the Kedahs with token* antiship weapons or buying another 1.5 LMS platforms... choose.

*with the vast array of SAMs and CIWS in existence the best antship weapon is a sublaunched torpedo. Thats the Western doctrine anyway.

P.s. RAM missile is the same price and come in 21 round launcher... you figure that price out I already
Damn it looks big!

The ships are old. If it saves money to decom then, we should. Similar to UK Armed Forces, suck up a capability gap for 5-10 years then come back into the game with a bigger wallet

just curious, is it possible to trade-in old missle for new 1?