Would a 1950s naval war expose untested technology?

Would a major naval conflict in the 1950s feature new but unproven technology, like the 1971 India-Pakistan war?

Yes; advanced systems and exercise-based doctrine would meet combat together, and some confident theories would fail immediately.

The viewer compares the scenario to the 1971 India-Pakistan war, where newer technology entered combat without a long record of proof. A 1950s conflict would contain many novel systems and theories shaped mainly by exercises. Some would perform well, while others would fail abruptly once opponents exploited assumptions that peacetime testing had not exposed. World War II itself contained similar moments, so technological surprise is not unique to the counterfactual. Planned capabilities should not be treated as combat facts.