Lekiu Class Frigate
29 KD Jebat
30 KD Lekiu
Kasturi Class (FS 1500) Frigate
25 KD Kasturi
26 KD Lekir
Laksamana Class Corvette
134 KD Hang Nadim
135 KD Tun Abdul Jamil
136 KD Mohammad Amin
137 KD Tan Pusmah
MEKO A-100 Class Corvette
171 KD Pahang (fitting out)
172 KD Kedah (fitting out)
Perdana (Combattante-II 4AL) class missile boats
3501 KD Perdana
3502 KD Serang
3503 KD Ganas
3504 KD Ganyang
They would have retired some of those ships eons ago if not for
the fact that they would be totally out-numbered by regional
navies.
The new Meko class are under-armed(76mm gun only) in its current
configuration and as far as i recall, they had some issues with
inadequate and incomplete training manuals with that class as well.
Im quite sure the RSN as well as the RMN are waiting for the rest
to be built and ready(or not?). I read that they upgraded the old
Kasturi class recently but they`re old corvettes and they can`t be
upgraded much. I don`t think they have any potent air-defence
missile system on board. The Lekiu class are nice ships to have but
they have only two. Nothing in the league of the Formidables; and
the Formidables are not even optimally armed with her current
armaments. Thier equivalent for the Victory class, the Laksamana
class, are great ships too. But they have only four. The ancient
Perdana class are, well, antiquated. Our old Sea-Wolf gunboats
fared better in the former`s prime.
In case if no one has noticed, the RSN has just superseded every
navy in SEA in the last few years in terms of capability. The RMN
would be severely stretched in a maritime conflict given the length
of her coast-lines and breath of sea-lanes. They would even have
trouble imposing themselves on Brunei if she has got herself the
Nakhoda Ragam class vessels by now(not sure if they already do..).
Anyway, kudos to the RMN for being able to maintain a decent fleet
of old ships amidst new ones as well.
You should have included RSN`s 12 PVs as well. They are generally
better armed than most PVs; including and perhaps even the
Malaysian Meko currently. Pop a few harpoons or gabriels on board
and they`ll be leagues ahead than the Perdana class; not to say
they already are`nt save the lack of SSMs on board. In that sense,
we even have a larger bunch of surface combatants.
