James G
Gone Fishin'
Do you trust the Navy that has decades of experience in naval operations that is experienced lavishly equipped and has the expertise and institutional knowledge of ASW and Carrier ops or the Soviet navy with is little more than a glorified coast guard with some striking powers with its subs sure you might lose a carrier and a handful of escorts o a nuclear torpedo and that is about it the Soviets could not contest the Americans and they knew it. Their surface Navy was a one-shot force they fire their missiles and then get blown to bits by NATO Navies
They always were a one-shot force. Away from their distant bases, Soviet warships will fire then have to get home. Yet in the Caribbean, the USN is near to home; the RN can call in at US bases for rearmament/refuelling and so can other NATO navies. The Soviets would be a long way from Kola and have to fight their way home through an ocean littered with NATO bases on all sides plus NATO carriers too.