Vietnam War

===Extent of U.S. bombings===
{{See also|Operation Rolling Thunder|Operation Menu|Operation Freedom Deal|CIA activities in Laos}}
The U.S. dropped over 7&nbsp;million tons of bombs on Indochina during the war, more than triple the 2.1&nbsp;million tons of bombs the U.S. dropped on Europe and Asia during all of [[World War II]] and more than ten times the amount dropped by the U.S. during the Korean War. 500 thousand tons were dropped on Cambodia, 1&nbsp;million tons were dropped on North Vietnam, and 4&nbsp;million tons were dropped on South Vietnam. On a per capita basis, the 2&nbsp;million tons dropped on Laos make it the most heavily bombed country in history; ''The New York Times'' noted this was "nearly a ton for every person in Laos."<ref name=KiernanTaylor/> Due to the particularly heavy impact of cluster bombs during this war, Laos was a strong advocate of the [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] to ban the weapons, and was host to the First Meeting of States Parties to the convention in November 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2011 |title=Disarmament |url=http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/B3F3E37A2838630FC125772E0050F4F7?OpenDocument |access-date=20 September 2013 |website=The United Nations Office at Geneva |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

Former U.S. Air Force official Earl Tilford has recounted "repeated bombing runs of a lake in central Cambodia. The B-52s literally dropped their payloads in the lake." The Air Force ran many missions of this kind to secure additional funding during budget negotiations, so the tonnage expended does not directly correlate with the resulting damage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Jon |date=11 September 2014 |title=Kissinger: Drones have killed more civilians than the bombing of Cambodia in the Vietnam War |url=http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/sep/11/henry-kissinger/kissinger-drones-have-killed-more-civilians-bombin/ |access-date=18 September 2016 |website=[[Politifact.com]]}}</ref>