The Turkestan Incident
How two F-105 pilots and their commander got entangled in the geopolitics of the Vietnam War.
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How two F-105 pilots and their commander got entangled in the geopolitics of the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War witnessed the extensive use of cluster bombs by the US, targeting regions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Between 1964 and 1973, the US
Unexploded cluster munitions in Laos are a reality check for Ukraine.
During the Vietnam War, the US used cluster bombs to carry out airstrikes on targets in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Between 1964 and 1973, 260 million tons of cluster bombs were dropped on Laos, particularly in the Xieng Khouang Province in northeastern Laos, of which 80 million tons failed to detonate. In Quang Tri Province in Vietnam alone, some 7,000 people were injured or killed by cluster bombs left over from the Vietnam War as of 2009.
The Secret War in Laos was a covert war between the west and Communism in a neutral country. The Raven FACs were born out of this secrecy.