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Rheinmetall dropped 17% on reports that Berlin is moving to cancel the F126 frigate construction programme, a multi-billion-euro naval project.
The news pulled defence stocks broadly lower, rattling a sector that has commanded a premium on the back of Europe's rearmament story.
The Programme at Stake The F126 frigates represent a significant slice of Germany's planned naval modernisation.
According to reports, Berlin is weighing cancellation of the entire project — not a delay or a scope reduction, but a full scrapping of a programme valued in the multi-billion-euro range.
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