Mole as the main feature of the Cold War

London - World Mythology espionage is the Cold War, as the spy and nuclear weapons were the characteristics of the conflict. However, despite the fact that the stories about the adventures, betrayal and "hunting the mole," served as inspiration for thriller writers, the question of whether intelligence is influenced on the final outcome, whether such activities due to cold war has become "cold." British analysts say that it is difficult to assess the importance of the role played by the spy.
"There are secrets that should save at any cost, which are starale intelligence services, believe the former British Foreign Minister David oven. But, he believes that there is not much "useful" information about the activities of "opponent's hand, which were collected intelligence. It is estimated that the majority of information was a military nature and that such information could be used only in the case of strengthening the tension. Much effort is invested to "ukrali secrets" such as the design of new Soviet tanks, or their tactics at the front, which would be very important to come to the armed conflict. This information is collected electronic media and satellite recordings, as well as the activities of spy and were used to osmislio best way to arm and prepare the army for armed conflicts.

David Omand, the former British secret agent and coordinator for security, to assess the work of intelligence services during the Cold War had a great influence on the shape and scope of the defense system in the country. "We bought the equipment and build capacity so that we can pariramo forces Warsaw Pact countries," said Omand. Broad is a widely belief that in the absence of classical warfare, intelligence services obtained a crucial role, since trying to insights capabilities and the intentions of the enemy, as well as to decrease their ability, through "psychological operations" and other forms of action.

Analysts estimate that the British secret intelligence service at the beginning of the Cold War experienced failure, because some of its members worked for Sovjete. However, after some time the British obaveštajci have become real professionals who have collected information about the activities of the Soviet bloc. Undoubtedly, such activities were at risk. Moreover, from time to time izbijale the cloak-and-dagger scandals. In early 1970s Britain was prognala more than 100 Soviet diplomats, who are suspected of espionage. The identity of the majority of agents has remained secret, but some of them have become famous throughout the world, as was the case with Oleg Penkovskim, Soviet obaveštajci. I believe that the information that is provided the United States President John Kennedy helped to overcome the Cuban crisis rocket early 1960s, due to the way the identified capacity of Soviet troops.