There were 87 in 2008 and 77 in 2009 and a decline to 37 in 2010 and 48 in 2011.
It was the first submarine commissioned in the Russian Navy since the Kursk disaster, as a result, its commissioning ceremony was an important morale boost for the Russian Navy with President Vladimir Putin in attendance.
He would prefer to spend the limited money available for missile defenses on other elements of missile defenses, such as sensors and other equipment.