In late December 2008, a senior Navy official announced that the two Typhoon-class submarines, TK-17 Arkhangelsk and TK-20 Severstal, that are in reserve would not be rearmed with the new Bulava SLBM missile system.
Krajem prosinca 2008. godine visoki mornarički časnik objavio je da dvije podmornice klase Akula TK-17 i TK-20, koje su u pričuvi neće biti naoružane projektilima sustava Bulava.