One-third of the bombs dropped on Laos remained unexploded after the war ended in 1975, and these unexploded bombs killed 20,000 Laotians over the following three decades.
Sources
- Kurlantzick Chronicles the U.S. Secret War in Laos and Creation of a ... (cfr.org)
- https://maginternational.org/whats-happening/how-mag-working-end-deadly-legacy-war-laos/ (maginternational.org)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/us-secret-war-remembered-as-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin-visits-laos (aljazeera.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/obama-heads-laos-asean-summit-historic-visit-n642816 (nbcnews.com)
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