8 million unexploded ordnance (UXO) devices have been cleared from 79,599 hectares of land from 1996 to February 2023, making agricultural land safe for farmers and freeing up other areas for development. Of the 1,808,254 UXO devices removed and detonated, 1,056,393 were cluster bombs, 4,336 were large bombs and 2,456 were land mines, while 745,069 other types of munitions were also located and detonated, Lao National TV reported on Wednesday, citing the UXO update. warplanes, leaving an estimated 80 million live bomblets scattered and buried around the Southeast Asian country