The United States dropped more bombs on Laos than on any other country in history.
Notes on verification
Widely repeated in mainstream media (History.com, PBS, NBC, ABC) and echoed by a U.S. president, but the claim is most accurate when framed as 'most heavily bombed per capita' rather than strictly highest absolute tonnage of all time; some ambiguity remains in comparisons to Vietnam's total bombing tonnage.
Sources
- A Great Place to Have a War | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
- https://www.history.com/articles/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war (history.com)
- https://abcnews.com/International/bombing-laos-numbers/story?id=41890565 (abcnews.com)
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/decades-millions-unexploded-american-bombs-still-kill-maim-laos (pbs.org)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/u-s-bombs-scars-covert-war-still-raw-laos-n643386 (nbcnews.com)