War Legacy Issues in Southeast Asia: Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)

Abstract

More than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, unexploded ordnance (UXO) from numerous conflicts, but primarily dropped by U.S. forces over Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam during the Vietnam War, continues to cause casualties in those countries. Over the past 25 years, the United States has provided a total of over $400 million in assistance for UXO clearance and related activities in those three countries through the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of State (DOS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as funding for treatment of victims through USAID and the Leahy War Victims fund. Although casualty numbers have dropped in recent years, no systematic assessment of affected areas has been done, and many observers believe it may still take decades to clear the affected areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 2019
Accession Number
AD1169918

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feichert
  • Ben Dolven
  • Michael K. Martin
  • Thomas Lum

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Cluster Bombs
  • Cluster Munitions
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Land Mines
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Southeast Asia
  • Students
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting