The major Both Clarke and Ayers said witness accounts of Thursday’s incidents suggested the bombs had malfunctioned. “From what I’ve been able to gather, either the bombs themselves are very, very small compared to two weeks ago, or they’ve got a manufacturing problem and only the detonators are going off, and not the primary charge,” Ayers said.
“They’re certainly using explosives that aren’t nearly as powerful”
The analysts said the impact of a second attack, although less deadly than the first, would be highly disruptive to life and business in Europe’s biggest financial center.
Navin Reddy, strategic risk analyst dataset at consultancy Merchant International Group, said “every half-baked terrorist in the country” would be looking at committing similar attacks.
“Given that the intelligence services will be unable to track groups that act independently of they do watch, this raises the risk level,” he said.
“The events of today and July 7 are having
A distinct economic impact on the running of the capital. They have disrupted the transport system and they have tied up how to handle wrong phone numbers in lists the emergency services.
“The longer-term trickle effect on the nation’s pyschology and missed business opportunities
could mount up,” he added.
Experts: Latest London Blasts Amateurish
LONDON – The attacks on London’s transit system Thursday appeared less sophisticated than
the deadly suicide bombings two weeks ago, but terrorism experts said they may have been
sufficient to accomplish the goal. The “worrying review business trend” is that the terrorists “have realized that that they don’t have to have
(very large) explosions” to disrupt people’s lives, said John Carnt, a former 30-year veteran of Scotland Yard and managing director of Vance, a global investigation and security firm.