Originally Posted by
TheWestCoast
SAS - "what am I missing" - maybe the countless UXBs that pose a threat to innocent people for decades after hostilities have ended?
I've done a lot of jungle trekking in the SEA region as it becomes more accessible to tourists. Last year, when in Quảng Bình Province a couple of boys were killed whilst ploughing a field by UXO. Reported to be a cluster bomb. Casualties still quite common evidently and the statistics horrific if accurate. The rivers in this area are spectacular and disappear in to limestone kharst caves. The locals called one, the river of blood and gasoline, where the trail crosses the Song Con river. The whole area is still a mess, though when trekking, the 15 foot cobras were a bigger fear if surprised.
Paradox I guess, the Vietnamese still have mines made of old CBU's and aren't signatory to the Mine Ban treaty.