Beware: Russia’s Hoarding Gold, Not Just Nukes

Then again, Russia doesn’t really need a new and updated arsenal of nuclear weapons to inflict severe damage on the U.S. The seeds of our collective fate, if not calamity, are already sown. All Russia need do is continue down the path on which it’s already moving.

My point is that Russia’s most potent weapon may not be its nuclear warheads. The fastest-evolving “weapon” in Russia’s geopolitical arsenal is that nation’s hoard of gold, along with Russia’s national currency, the ruble.

Beware: Russia’s Hoarding Gold, Not Just Nukes