Additional Information on UXO's In LAO

Reportedly, one of the reasons that so many bombs were dropped in LAO is because a large U S Airbase was located in Udon Thani, Thailand.  Udon is just across the boarder from LAO.  During the bombing missions to Vietnam, pilots often encountered weather too bad to deploy the bombs.  Not wanting to land back in Thailand with live bombs, they were simply unloaded over LAOS.  Extensive bombing also occurred do to the Ho Chi Minh trail bordering LAOS.