Fun mission! Like a lot of Sea Power missions, the balance is...precarious? Circumstances early in the mission will rapidly cascade into almost-certain wins for one side or the other. But I've played it more than once and had the house of cards collapse both ways, which I think is a good sign!

It will help if you know the limitations of the SS-N-3s on the Kresta better than I did going in: it seems like they'll only launch initially at one target. If you try to ripple them off at multiple contacts, the launches will be too-staggered to overcome the American TF's defenses. As always, moar missiles gives you a better result.