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Force Operation X (FOX), commonly known as the FOX Unit, was a CIA covert operations group. It was originally led by Major Zero during the Cold War . The unit was specifically designed to handle top secret sneaking and infiltration missions and other black ops. Its most notable agent was Naked Snake , who was only with the unit for a short time during the early 1960s .

FOX was a special services division established by the CIA in the 1960s. Proposed by former SAS operative Major Zero and The Boss in 1962,[1] FOX was a covert missions unit that fulfilled both special operations and intelligence duties. Zero's personal motivations for creating FOX was as a means to prepare himself for an eventual second attempt at recovering a defecting Soviet scientist , Dr. Nikolai Sokolov , of which he was forced to let the Soviets recapture him due to a secret deal made between then-President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to end the Cuban Missile Crisis . However, it was not until 1964 that FOX became an official branch of the CIA due to the CIA Director frowning upon it previously.[2] Agents were aided in their sneaking missions by unique and advanced equipment developed within their own division, such as the active sonar , motion detector and anti-personnel sensor . FOX mainly operated one-man infiltration missions. Operatives also received extensive training to resist various methods of torture, and truth serum-based interrogation.[3]
FOX was ridiculed as a "group of eccentrics" and "weirdos."[4] [5]
In 1964, FOX's first agent Naked Snake executed both the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater , succeeding in infiltrating Soviet territory on his own both times. His remote support team included Sigint , Para-Medic and Major Zero. Snake's mission was originally simply to rescue weapons developer Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov , but it grew to mass proportions, and Snake was eventually forced to destroy the Shagohod , a secret weapon being developed by Colonel Volgin within Groznyj Grad . During the latter mission, Snake commandeered a prototype Sneaking Suit .
Info courtesy of Fox Metal Gear Wiki.

Description
Force Operation X (FOX), commonly known as the FOX Unit, was a CIA covert operations group. It was originally led by Major Zero during the Cold War . The unit was specifically designed to handle top secret sneaking and infiltration missions and other black ops. Its most notable agent was Naked Snake , who was only with the unit for a short time during the early 1960s .

FOX was a special services division established by the CIA in the 1960s. Proposed by former SAS operative Major Zero and The Boss in 1962,[1] FOX was a covert missions unit that fulfilled both special operations and intelligence duties. Zero's personal motivations for creating FOX was as a means to prepare himself for an eventual second attempt at recovering a defecting Soviet scientist , Dr. Nikolai Sokolov , of which he was forced to let the Soviets recapture him due to a secret deal made between then-President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to end the Cuban Missile Crisis . However, it was not until 1964 that FOX became an official branch of the CIA due to the CIA Director frowning upon it previously.[2] Agents were aided in their sneaking missions by unique and advanced equipment developed within their own division, such as the active sonar , motion detector and anti-personnel sensor . FOX mainly operated one-man infiltration missions. Operatives also received extensive training to resist various methods of torture, and truth serum-based interrogation.[3]
FOX was ridiculed as a "group of eccentrics" and "weirdos."[4] [5]
In 1964, FOX's first agent Naked Snake executed both the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater , succeeding in infiltrating Soviet territory on his own both times. His remote support team included Sigint , Para-Medic and Major Zero. Snake's mission was originally simply to rescue weapons developer Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov , but it grew to mass proportions, and Snake was eventually forced to destroy the Shagohod , a secret weapon being developed by Colonel Volgin within Groznyj Grad . During the latter mission, Snake commandeered a prototype Sneaking Suit .
Info courtesy of Fox Metal Gear Wiki.