Introduction
Spy technology is one of the spies greatest weapons. They help spies not be seen, they hide things that they don't want people to see, and can be very helpful in the heat of battle. Spies can use technology to get an edge over the other side. An example of when spy technology helped them get an edge over the other side is the, Enigma cipher mechines during WW2. They would look like typwrites but really they would help either the allies or axis powers decipher enemy codes and other top-secret intelligence. One this page we will look at more technology during the 1900s and what helped the spies out in the field.
SPYSCAPE HQ’s Welbike folding motorcycle replica
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The Welbike was capable of folding inside a container and was one of the smallest bikes that Britain used during WW2. They would shoot it out of a plane in a container with a parachute and 'percussion head' to minimalize damage on impact. Allied paratroopers were supposed to use the bike to quickly get behind enemy lines, which was easier said then done, because if a Brit was stopped by a German, the enemy would shoot first and then ask questions later. |
An 'insectothopter' drone
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Back in the 1970s the CIA tested a new type of drone, the 'insectothopter' was disguised as a dragonfly. A microphone the size of a bead hides in its head. The CIA hired a watchmaker to help the 'insectothopter', which had a miniture fluidic oscillator for the wings and a small amount of propellant-produced gas. It also had a laser to work as the data link for the audio sensor. But, the drone was terrible in the wind, so the CIA had to drop this project. |
Charlie, the robatic fish
Charlie, the CIA's robatic fish, was designed in the 1990s to test the possibilty of unmanned underwater vehicles. Some of the features of this fish is: the tail conceals a pressure hall, ballest system, communications and a propulsion system. The CIA isn't saying whether the fish is for gathering intelligence or water samples, but this fish is definitely not swimming up tide.
Novichok nerve agent
Weapons can come in many ways, guns, knifes, and even poison, which includes Novichok, a nerve agent with ties to Moscow. When Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, fell ill in 2020 European laboratory tests linked his condition to a type of Novichok used in a 2018 poisoning of Russian-Britian double agent Sergi Skripal. Though Russia denies any involement with the poisoning, this is not the first time that Russia spies have been linked to poison. The UK inquiry into the death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko found that his murder by polonium-210 was 'probably' approved by Vladimir Putin.