[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

I'm inclined to agree with helbent4 on the subject of Fort Knox. I think as soon as the first tactical nukes start flying around in Europe a great many Governments around the World are going to kick in various contingency plans, and I'd expect that in the case of the US that would include moving gold reserves out of Fort Knox as a precautionary measure.

I don't dispute that it will be a difficult task, although if it takes place in the summer of 1997 vehicles and fuel shouldn't be a problem - I think the problem would be doing it so that as few people as possible actually know where the gold is going (and I wouldn't for one moment think that it would all be going to the same place - I'd expect it to go to a number of different locations).

Iirc the 194th Armoured Brigade is stationed at Fort Knox during the opening part of the War, so perhaps they'd be responsible for the movement / security of the gold?

Trying to recover some of that gold in 2000 could be an interesting adventure for US based characters in the style of Allegeheny Uprising.

(btw I haven't read Armies of the Night for years but recall that gold is central to the plot, so apologies if the above - or a variation thereof - is already covered there)

Have to also say that I can't really buy into the idea of a US Military officer (or Government official) being prepared to trade nuclear technology for some counter insurgency aircraft...that seems a somewhat one sided trade to me, although that's just my opinion, others will no doubt vary...

In Armies of the Night, the gold that is being evaced is from the New York banks.

Other major sites for gold storage is San Francisco and Denver...