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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
I just can't see the logic behind such a move, let alone the capacity to carry it out in such an environment.
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Whoever said Governments are logical in their actions?
Seriously, with regards to manpower, I don't have a copy of the US Vehicle Guide to hand, so don't know when the 194th Armoured Brigade left Fort Knox, but it's possible that at least some elements of that Brigade remained at Knox for just such a task (I know the books say they formed a small strategic reserve but that's not incompatible with also having a role shifting the gold).
With regards to the location of the site, RN7 has identified a few of the more well known ones, but as he rightly states there may be a number of others whose existence is a much more closely guarded secret that the gold could be taken to, and it doesn't have to all go to the same place.
To a certain extent I'm reminded of Goldfinger - although it's been a long, long time since I saw it, if I recall correctly, wasn't Auric's idea to make the gold radioactive, and therefore effectively useless as a trade item? Similar thinking may have been taking place during the summer of 1997 as nukes started flying in Europe. Who knows how impenetrable Knox's vaults are? It may be possible that whilst the gold may not be destroyed, a heavy enough attack could render it radioactive and therefore useless - who would accept a bar of radioactive gold as payment knowing that handling it could be fatal?