In carrying out covert operations, various gadgets equipped with various covert functions that can be disguised in everyday objects had been invented. Among the most famous spy gadgets that had been invented through out history were as follows:
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1) Lipstick Pistol
- 4.5 mm Single Shot Weapon
- Taken from a KGB agent in the mid of 1960’s
2) Coat Camera
- Little camera Model F-21
- Issued by KGB around 1970’s
- Popularly used at public event like political rallies, etc.
3) Microdot Camera
- Takes photo of documents and uses chemical process to shrink the text down.
- To hide secret messages in plain sight
4) Pigeon Camera
- Flying over an enemy territory to take aerial photographs.
- Pigeon won’t lose their way back
- Popular in 1950s-95% percent success rate.
5) Shoe with Heel Transmitter
- Useful for tracking human target.
- Popularly used on western diplomats and VIPs
6) Bulgarian Umbrella
- Killing Machine
- Modified internally to inject poison into its target with a press of a trigger.
Source: International Spy Museum