[Strac6]

You would defend Moscow, as there would be no need to defend the ICBM bases, as their missiles would have been fired.

Also, Moscow had an extensive railroad system running underground to evacuate the Sov leadership.

[cynwoody]

You would defend Moscow, as there would be no need to defend the ICBM bases, as their missiles would have been fired.

True.

Also, Moscow had an extensive railroad system running underground to evacuate the Sov leadership.

Also true. The Metro-2 (or would that be the alt-Metro in current usage?). A parallel Moscow subway system with stops at the Kremlin, the KGB, and, most important, Khodynka Airport, right by the Aquarium (GRU HQ).

But the premise was that Moscow strikes first. In that scenario, there is no reason to depend on the Metro-2, nor upon an ABM system ringing Moscow.

It is really simple. You order the strike from somewhere else. And you have a backup in Argentina, should the war go south (which it will) (and never mind, Argentina is south, but you know what I mean).