[Matt Wiser]

RN7: Yes, they would, but TTL the USN, RN, RAN, RNZN, and RCN (they shed their Trudeau-era Maritime Command name pretty fast), have three oceans' worth to cover, and only one ocean of fleet, even with everyone pulling their share of the load, and the JMSDF operating in a "Short of War" posture in the Pacific helping out.

Once Iceland is liberated (June '87), a Marine raid on Kola (July '87) that disrupts Soviet shipping, the tide begins to turn at sea, but it's not until the late '88-early '89 time frame that the pinch really begins to hurt the Soviet-bloc forces in Texas. Once that happens, it's a matter of time, and by the time of the Brownsville story (Late Sep-early Oct '89), the Soviets in Texas and Mexico are in deep. The Northern Theater isn't in any better shape: the shipping lanes from Soviet Far East ports to Alaska are frequently attacked by USN subs and carrier aircraft, and the Soviets are lucky that only half of what's shipped gets through. Still, by the end of the war (14 Oct 89), that 60-division force in Alaska and Canada has only about 15-20 divisions that are really combat effective-that is, capable of both offensive and defensive combat operations; the rest are only capable of defensive operations due to the shortages of fuel, ammo, and spares.