40 Years On, Laos Still Covered with Unexploded Ordinance
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With less than 1 percent of the unexploded ordinance in Laos removed more than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States, which dropped it on the poverty-stricken country, is set to boost funding to remove it. Deaths and injuries from unexploded ordinance, or UXO, have decreased dramatically over the past few years as the US has scaled up funding for clearance. Casualties fell from 302 in 2008 to 40 in 2015, according to the Laotian government’s National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action. Between January and March this year, there were just two recorded incidents.
40 Years On, Laos Still Covered with Unexploded Ordinance
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40 Years On, Laos Still Covered with Unexploded Ordinance
With less than 1 percent of the unexploded ordinance in Laos removed more than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States, which dropped it on the poverty-stricken country, is set to boost funding to remove it. Deaths and injuries from unexploded ordinance, or UXO, have decreased dramatically over the past few years as the US has scaled up funding for clearance. Casualties fell from 302 in 2008 to 40 in 2015, according to the Laotian government’s National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action. Between January and March this year, there were just two recorded incidents.
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