The Soviet Spy Gadget That Baffled the World

Описание: In all but four of the 25 James Bond films so far, the titular super spy starts his adventure with a visit to Q, MI6’s brilliant but grumpy creator of spy gadgets. From a briefcase full of weapons to a safe-cracking cigarette case to a watch with a built-in laser, Q always has exactly what 007 needs to complete his world-saving missions. Given that Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, worked for British Intelligence during the Second World War, it is perhaps unsurprising that both the character of Q and many of his creations are based on people and equipment Fleming worked with in real life. But during the Cold War, real-life spy gadgets weren’t confined to the West; as we covered in our previous video “The Thing” - the Revolutionary Spy Gadget That Baffled the West, the intelligence services of the Eastern Bloc had their fair share of fiendishly clever contraptions. And in 1978, perhaps the most fiendish of all spy gadgets would make international headlines when it was used to carry out a bold and bizarre murder in broad daylight.

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