Whenever James Bond needed a niftydevice to snap a surreptitious surveillance picture or escape thegilded clutches of Auric Goldfinger, he could count on the ingeniousminds in the Secret Service's Q Division to devise a solution.Real-world Bonds working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, andits precursor the Office of Strategic Services, could turn to the Officeof Research and Development for similar tradecraft tools.
拍摄诡秘的监视照片，或是逃离金手指的镀金魔爪，不管什么时候，只要詹姆斯·邦德需要一套精巧的间谍装备，他都可以求助于特务机关Q部门的天才大脑们，以寻求解决方案。在真实世界中，为美国中情局以及前身战略情报局（Office of StrategicServices）工作的邦德们也可以求助于自己的研发办公室，以获取类似的间谍工具。
Frommosquito drones to couture cameras, the CIA had its agents' needscovered. Some of these devices are now displayed in the CIA's museum,located at the agency's Langley, Virginia, headquarters.
Althoughthe museum is not open to the public, recently the CIA launched aFlickr stream with images of some of its declassified historic spytools. Here's a few of the best from the collection, even if our ownDanger Room was a bit disappointed by the CIA's choices.
TheCIA used the “Belly Buster” drill during the late 1950s and early 1960sto drill holes into masonry in order to implant listening devices.After assembly, the base of the drill was held firmly against thestomach, while the handle was cranked manually. The kit came withseveral drill bits and accessories.
Specialdevices were used in World War II to retrieve letters from envelopeswithout disturbing their seals. The pincer-like device was inserted intothe unsealed gap at the top of the envelope flap, then turned to windup the letter and extract it from the envelope.
Here's a view showing the letter rolled up around the pincer for easy removal from the envelope.
这张图片展示了书信被钳子卷起的情形，这样就很容易从信封中抽出来。
Stereoscope and Case
立体式照相机和收纳包1
Thestereoscope, used during World War II, helped Allied photo analyzersexamine images of enemy territory taken by airplane-mounted cameras. Itallowed them to view the film in 3-D.
Developedby the CIA’s Office of Research and Development in the 1970s, thismicro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was the first insect-sized aerialvehicle (Insectothopter) developed to explore intelligence collectionvia miniature devices.
TheCIA designed this two-man semi-submersible in the 1950s. It carried noweapons, provided cramped quarters, and required a "mother ship" fortransport and recovery, but it could slip into regions that normal shipscould not.
Transferringsecret documents during the Cold War was aided by this microdot camerathat could photograph and reduce whole pages of information onto a tinypiece of film the size of a sentence period. The film could then beembedded into otherwise banal correspondence as punctuation at the endof a sentence. Microdots were also hidden in rings, hollow coins andother items. The recipient would read the microdot with a specialviewer.
TheEastman Kodak Company developed and manufactured this camera for theOffice of Strategic Services (OSS). Made in the shape of matchboxes thatwere used at the time, it could be disguised by adding matchbox labelsin various languages and styles that were relevant to the country inwhich it was to be used.
One-timepads (OTP) were issued in matching sets of two for encoding: one setwas for the encoder and one for the decoder. No two pages were alike.Each sheet contained a random key in the form of five-digit groups. Oncea sheet was used to encode a message, it was torn off the pad anddestroyed. Because the codes were used only once, they were virtuallyunbreakable.
Usedto facilitate secure communication between an agent and his/herhandler, the spike, containing documents or film, could be pushed intothe ground by the agent at a pre-arranged spot and later retrieved by ahandler.
Amechanical cipher device designed by Boris Hagelin that was widely usedby the U.S. Army during World War II. Compact and portable, it used aseries of rotors to encode and decode secret military messages.
TheCIA’s Office of Research and Development created this camera that wassmall and light enough to be fitted to a pigeon. Photos taken from thebird in flight could be captured within hundreds of feet of the target,producing much more detailed pictures than other image-capturingmethods.
Forthe female mole attending a black-tie affair, surveillance equipmentdidn't have to be dowdy. This "couture" outfit from the Office ofTechnical Readiness allowed spies to munch on canapes and dance a waltzwhile still snapping surreptitious pics and recording cocktail chatter.
Afemale agent could powder her nose while sneaking a surreptitious peakat code hidden in the mirror of this handy dual-use compact. When tippedat a certain angle, the code was visible in the mirror.
Printedon silk, this escape map could be folded compactly for concealment (orworn smartly as a scarf) and wouldn't rustle when opened and closed. Itwas printed with waterproof dyes so the colors wouldn't run if an agenthad to make a sudden water-borne escape.
These"spurs," worn on airplanes, strapped over boot heels and were eachattached to a ball connected to a cable beneath the plane seat. If thepilot had to pull the "D" ring (ejection handle) in an emergency, thecables would snap the wearer's feet back under the seat to ensure asmooth and safe ejection from the aircraft.
This Eisenhower silver dollar, hollow on the inside, could be used to conceal messages or film.
这枚艾森豪威尔银币是中空的，可以用来隐藏信息或胶卷。
Silver Dollar Concealer Interior
打开的银币藏匿器
A view of the inside of the silver dollar, which could be used to conceal secret messages or film.
打开后的银币，可以用来隐藏秘密信息或胶卷。
CIA ID Card for Allen W. Dulles
艾伦·杜勒斯的中情局身份证
Greyinghair apparently is a side-effect of being a U.S. president and a CIAdirector. But Allen W. Dulles earned his over a long career - thelongest a CIA director ever served. Dulles joined the Office ofStrategic Services (OSS) during WWII, during which he directedintelligence operations from Switzerland. In 1951, he joined the newlycreated Central Intelligence Agency and became its director in 1953. Heretired in 1961.
艾伦·杜勒斯（Allen W. Dulles）是任期最长的中情局局长。杜勒斯在二战时期加入战略情报局，负责指导瑞士的情报工作。1951年，他加入了刚成立不久的中央情报局，并在1953年当上了局长。1961年，杜勒斯从中情局退休。
Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
费尔班-赛克斯战刀
Introducedin 1941, the knife is named after its British designers, Captains W.E.Fairbairn and E.A. Sykes. Here pictured with its sheath (at left), theweapon was crafted to strike at the most vulnerable parts of anopponent’s body.
WalterZapp, a Latvian engineer, developed a portable camera in 1937 thatwould fit easily into the palm of a hand and take high-quality pictures.Originally made from steel in Riga, it was considered a marvel oftechnology and became the world’s most widely used spy camera.
ThisCold War-Era intrusion-detection system was designed to blend in withthe terrain and could detect movement of people, animals or objects upto 300 meters away. The device operated on tiny power cells and had abuilt-in antenna. Its transmitter would relay data from the device bymeans of coded pulses.
Nomatter how the caltrop tire spike was tossed on a roadway or airportrunway, it would land with a tire-puncturing prong facing upward.
不管怎么扔，这款铁蒺藜轮胎刺都能用向上的一面扎破汽车或飞机的轮胎。
Tobacco Pouch Camera
烟丝盒照相机
Aminiature 35mm film camera manufactured in Switzerland was concealed inthis modified tobacco pouch. A spring-wound mechanism advanced the filmbetween exposures.
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