SPECTRE

SPECTRE
SPECTRE's logo as featured on its members' rings in Thunderball. Different rings are featured in From Russia with Love and SPECTRE.
Universe	James Bond series
In-universe information
Type	Evil corporation Organised crime syndicate Terrorist organisation Private intelligence agency
Location	Paris, 136 Boulevard Haussmann SPECTRE island SPECTRE yacht SPECTRE Bird One launch base Tangier Numerous
Key people	Ernst Stavro Blofeld (#1/director) Emilio Largo (#2) Rosa Klebb (#3) Tov Kronsteen (#5) Helga Brandt (#11) Irma Bunt Dr. Julius No Tamil Rahani Jay Autem Holy Nena Bisquamer (née Blofeld) Mr. White Le Chiffre Dominic Greene Raoul Silva Mr. Hinx
Purpose	Counterintelligence, terrorism, revenge, extortion, world domination
Subsidiaries	Quantum

SPECTRE ("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion")^[1] is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, as well as films and video games based in the same universe. Led by criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE first formally appeared in the novel Thunderball (1961) and in the film Dr. No (1962). The international organisation is not aligned with any nation or political ideology, enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as somewhat apolitical. The presence of former Gestapo members in the organization can be considered as a sign of Fleming's warnings about Nazi fugitives after the Second World War, as first detailed in the novel Moonraker (1954). In the novels, SPECTRE begins as a small group of criminals, but in the films it is depicted as a vast international organisation with its own SPECTRE Island training base capable of replacing the Soviet SMERSH.