U.S. bombing of Laos averaged one attack every eight minutes for nearly a decade.
Sources
- Kurlantzick Chronicles the U.S. Secret War in Laos and Creation of a ... (cfr.org)
- https://www.history.com/articles/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war (history.com)
- https://www.legaciesofwar.org/legacies-library (legaciesofwar.org)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/11/21/us-bombs-continue-to-kill-in-laos-50-years-after-vietnam-war (aljazeera.com)
- https://cbsnews.com/amp/news/43-years-later-vietnam-war-still-haunting-laos (cbsnews.com)
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