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 "title": "Germany's F128 Frigate Submission — Four MEKO A-200 DEU for EUR 6.63 Billion — Pulled From the Budget Committee",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-f128-four-meko-a-200-deu-frigates-f126-replacement/",
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 "published": "2026-07-02T13:50:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:47.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 2 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * A week after cancelling the F126 programme, Germany's defence ministry moved to order four MEKO A-200 DEU frigates — the F128 — at about EUR 6.63 billion, with an option for four more by year-end\n * Reporting puts the price some 70 per cent above earlier estimates; the largest single driver is Berlin's own decision to commit to only half the eight-ship batch, followed by newly added strike-length launch cells\n * TKMS is prime, with Saab's combat",
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