Russians have had difficulties with pretty much all of their Naval vessels, so the Russian experience to keep these destroyers going, which are more than 2 decade old, is no sign of anything.
Nuclear Power provides pretty much endless supply of power, and is the only one that can do so. This is the reason why all american submarines are nuclear. US doesn't need nuclear surface combatants because it has an American base, allies, and support facilities in nearly every corner of the world.
In this region, they have, Okinawa, Japanese mainland ports, Korea, Guam, Phillipines, Singapore, Australia, Deigo Garcia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait.