[ar10]

The Russian navy has never been battle tested, their equipment is substandard, their sailors are poorly trained.
I’m surprised they have made it that far from home port without vessel assist.
It is probably fueled with vodka.

[Alter Kaker]

The Russian navy has never been battle tested, their equipment is substandard, their sailors are poorly trained.

The Russians and the Americans have had the same exact number of major naval battles since 1945: 0. All sides are untested.

We've both had skirmishes - the Russians off the coast of Abkhazia in 2008 for instance.

But has the US Navy ever had to fight out if Aegis actually works against a near peer adversary? Nope. Hopefully we never will.

[ozzymandus]

The last time the Russian navy was battle tested was WW2. Other than sinking a couple of unarmed refugee ships carrying thousands of civilians, they didn’t accomplish much except provide the German navy with some realistic target practice in the Baltic. They also launched the only amphibious landing of WW2 that was repulsed with heavy losses.