But For the Sky

Day: May 22, 2012

  • The US Secret War in Laos & the Dangers of Unexploded Ordnance

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    Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world per capita in history. During the Vietnam War, the United States dropped 200 million tons of ordnance over Laos. This small, land-locked country in Southeast Asia was hit with 580,000 bombing missions over this time period: that comes to one planeload of bombs being dropped…