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 "slug": "f127-frigate-spiegel-40-billion-eight-ships-ministry-no-firm-offer-tkms",
 "title": "Spiegel Puts the F127 Above EUR 40 Billion for Eight Ships — No Firm Offer, Says the Ministry; TKMS Disputes It",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/f127-frigate-spiegel-40-billion-eight-ships-ministry-no-firm-offer-tkms/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/f127-frigate-spiegel-40-billion-eight-ships-ministry-no-firm-offer-tkms/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-28T20:31:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-02T20:31:17.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 28 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Der Spiegel reported the eight F127 air-defence frigates now estimated above EUR 40 billion, against the roughly EUR 26 billion the programme has been carried at\n * The defence ministry declined to confirm the figure, saying it has not received a \"firm offer\" from industry\n * TKMS: \"The sum of more than 40 billion euros mentioned in the media is not comprehensible to us\" — and does not match the shipbuilding cost split between TKMS and consort",
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "naval-defense",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "f126",
  "f127",
  "germany",
  "meko-a-200",
  "rheinmetall",
  "tkms"
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