strategic planning team reviewed their planned response to a similar attack on an urban area in the UK. They concluded that the police armed units were inadequate to cope with such a situation and would have to rely on military special forces. Police firearms were upgraded and in a series of exercises over the following years called "Wooden Pride", police counter-terrorism and firearms units practiced a coordinated response with the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service. References External links Stockwell reports, Metropolitan Police Authority. Coroner's Inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes (copy at Internet Archive) July 2005 London bombings Metropolitan Police operations