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Originally Posted by The Bandit
If I'm not mistaken the only Typhoon left was just for Bulava missile testing and no longer has any strategic role. They made some noise a few years earlier about dragging the other two out of moth-balls but that was before all of these sanctions and the like, can only imagine what a nightmare getting something like that which has been sitting around for 10+ years sea-worthy and operational again, just as well off to build something new.
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TK17 and TK20 have been de-fueled and in layup since 2004 they are slated for scrap and will not return to service TK17 is on the list to go in .
TK208 is not only a test platform she is fully capable of conducting a deterrent patrol and does as buluva missile are now fully operational and installed in the Borei class
They are building new rather than recommissioning old units in fact TK208 is the oldest of all typhoons dating from 1977 while TK20 Severstal is the youngest coming into service 1989.
It is unlikely the typhoons that are laid up will ever return to sea they would cost too much the same goes for the 4th and likely the 3rd Kirov cruisers too.
As for the current sanctions it hasn't affected Russia as massively as the west hoped the IMF is still forecasting growth.