LONDON, April 18 (AFP) - James Bond always went to Q to keep one step ahead of the enemy with the latest smart gadgets, and now the real-life British spies of MI5 are to get their own technology mastermind.
Britain's domestic intelligence agency, commonly called MI5, is seeking a chief scientific adviser “to lead and co-ordinate the scientific work of the Security Service so that the service continues to be supported by excellent science and technology advice”, its website said.
Applicants must have “world-class scientific expertise and credibility in relevant scientific and technology disciplines”, their advertisement read.
Q's hi-tech knowhow saw fictional overseas spy Bond out of several scrapes thanks to his wealth of new-fangled gadgets.
They included a wrist-mounted dart gun, a leg plaster cast that fires missiles and numerous wacky modifications to Agent 007's Aston Martin cars. |
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