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Dossier No. 12 · Ideology — conviction

The Secret Operations in Laos

The war the world was not meant to see

classified
Protagonist
CIA / Air America / Site LS-85
Period
1961-1973
Nature
Secret war
Main location
Phou Pha Thi (LS-85), Houaphan, Laos · Laos
MICE motive
Ideology — conviction

A secret US Air Force listening and guidance station perched on a peak in neutral Laos, LS-85 directed the bombing of North Vietnam until it was overrun in 1968. Air America masked the CIA's clandestine intervention there, leaving Laos the most heavily bombed country in history per head of population.

On the ground

  • Phou Pha Thi (LS-85)
  • Hanoi (North Vietnam)
  • Udon Thani (Thailand)

Route: Phou Pha Thi → Hanoi · Udon Thani → Phou Pha Thi

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