The second one is not a functional bomb, at least from the angle shown. It may have explosive material, but I don’t see any initiator or timer or or fusing, or electronics of any nature. There could be a piezoelectric trigger imbedded inside, but that would be fairly sophisticated technology.
All true.
But be thankful you were not Alfred Herrhausen. Nor were you one of the US servicemen killed by this type of bomb in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oh, and by the way, timers have nothing to do with it. This type of bomb is very accurate. You don't use timers with it. You need to set it off exactly when the target is in the right spot. Timers are for movies and English teachers. Timers build drama, something English teachers think they know about.
The point is, the folks in Irving got played. They allowed themselves to be gulled into overreacting. Zero is the beneficiary.
(((The second one is not a functional bomb, at least from the angle shown. It may have explosive material, but I don’t see any initiator or timer or or fusing, or electronics of any nature. There could be a piezoelectric trigger imbedded inside, but that would be fairly sophisticated technology.)))
And the small suitcase device could be used to set it off. That one looks to be an Iranian shape charged IED, small but nasty.