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Berlin has cancelled the F126 frigate programme — what would have been Germany's largest warship built since the Second World War — citing cost overruns and persistent delays.
Shares in German defence group Rheinmetall fell on the news as investors weighed the implications for the country's broader defence industrial complex.
The Programme That Won't Be Built The F126 was not a marginal procurement. Its cancellation removes from Germany's order book the most ambitious naval construction project the country had attempted since 1945.
That framing matters: the F126 was a statement of intent about Germany's willingness to rebuild hard military capacity, not just raise budgets.
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