Fort Knox

[mikeo80]

If you really want to get paranoid....

There is always the (unproven?) theory that Ft. Knox is nothing but a show place. The gold was never "really" there. Yes there was the ONE time some members of Congress were shown into the vault. But was it really gold?

I am not a fan of huge conspiracy theories...

However...

I'm just thinking out loud....

My $0.02

Mike

[rcaf_777]

Is Knox on the Nuke Hit list

You would have blast the base just make the un useable, I think the governement might take steps to move some of the gold some where eles

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

Is Knox on the Nuke Hit list

Check the thread referenced above for answers to your query.

[kalos72]

It wasnt...

I like the idea of sinking the barges to hide them once they realized they couldnt get them out to CO...

OR

The depository becomes a sefl suffecient fortress of special ops folks or something....

[rcaf_777]

Here is the thing the United States Bullion Depository is inside the army base which is called Fort Knox

Fort Knox durring twilight would have been a huge area of activity as it would the US Army Armoured Traning School, I'm also sure you see the Kentucky State Guard training there as well.

As for the gold well pick an option that works best for you

Option 1 - The US Government moves SOME of the gold to secert locations before the attacks of thanksgiving

Option 2 - The US Government moves ALL of the gold to secert locations before the attacks of thanksgiving

Option 3 - The US Government moves NONE of the gold

As for the Fort Knox the base, will speaking from a Military stand point, an untouch base like Fort Knox with troops, untouch military infrastructure, and airfeild would a major asset to CIV or MIL Gov

Other thing to remember are


1. Fort Knox is only 38 miles from Louisville Ky, which is a major crossing of the Ohio River

2 . Three major highways also meet at Louisville

2. Kentucky as about 400 Coal Mines

4. Louisville is gateway to the Ohio Valley

Just curious what units would at Fort Knox in 2000

[RN7]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

Here is the thing the United States Bullion Depository is inside the army base which is called Fort Knox

Fort Knox durring twilight would have been a huge area of activity as it would the US Army Armoured Traning School, I'm also sure you see the Kentucky State Guard training there as well.

As for the gold well pick an option that works best for you

Option 1 - The US Government moves SOME of the gold to secert locations before the attacks of thanksgiving

Option 2 - The US Government moves ALL of the gold to secert locations before the attacks of thanksgiving

Option 3 - The US Government moves NONE of the gold

There is a huge amount of gold deposited at Fort Knox; 4,578 metric tons as of 2012 which is equivelant to 2.5% of all the gold ever refined in history. Yet the underground vault in Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Manhattan is even bigger at 7,000 metric tons. America's gold reserves are by far the largest in the world, over 60% larger than Germany who has the second largest gold reserves in the world and three times larger than the International Monetary Fund. I just don't know were or how the US Government could have moved all this gold in such a short time.

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

As for the Fort Knox the base, will speaking from a Military stand point, an untouch base like Fort Knox with troops, untouch military infrastructure, and airfeild would a major asset to CIV or MIL Gov

Other thing to remember are


1. Fort Knox is only 38 miles from Louisville Ky, which is a major crossing of the Ohio River

2 . Three major highways also meet at Louisville

2. Kentucky as about 400 Coal Mines

4. Louisville is gateway to the Ohio Valley

Just curious what units would at Fort Knox in 2000

There are a lot of military units based in Fort Knox.

3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (1st Infantry Division)
3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
19th Engineer Battalion
16th Cavalry Regiment
194th Armored Brigade
34th Military Police Detachment
46th Adjutant General Battalion
95th Training Division (formerly 95th Infantry Division)
113th Band
Ireland Army Community Hospital MEDDAC
84th Training Command
70th Training Division (FT)

[Legbreaker]

I'm of the opinion (as seen in the previous thread) that the gold isn't going anywhere. There's simply no call for it when it could be moved, and once the area is abandoned, there's no practical way of doing it.

Most of the units based at Fort Knox in peacetime are sure to have been sent to war by 1997-1998. It's extremely unlikely many of the peacetime military personnel will be still there although the base is sure to have been used for training replacements up until it could no longer be held at a sustainable cost.

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by RN7

There is a huge amount of gold deposited at Fort Knox; 4,578 metric tons

Based on this you would need 78 Semi-Trailer Trucks to haul the gold away, using the years 1995-1998 as the years the gold could moved, you could stagger the removal rate at about one truck 1 1/2 per month.

Using the night and high pace of military activity at Fort Knox, I think you could move some of the gold without to many people knowing

FYI here is the math

4,578 metric ton = 4,578,000 kilograms,
Semi-Trailer Maximum Weight (Triple Wheel): 59,000 kg

I think we should keep in mind the US Government would only move a limited ammount of the gold not alll the gold