They had a lot of struggles with rural locations, but I'll concede that Russia pulling it off is the biggest flaw in that idea. I have difficulties seeing how the U.S. would pull off disarming and subjugating America's vast rural communities (especially if someone picks a random spot in the middle of nowhere and makes it their own), but you're right, the USSR pulled it off.
They had a lot of struggles with rural locations, but I'll concede that Russia pulling it off is the biggest flaw in that idea. I have difficulties seeing how the U.S. would pull off disarming and subjugating America's vast rural communities (especially if someone picks a random spot in the middle of nowhere and makes it their own), but you're right, the USSR pulled it off.