The United States and Laos, they said, plan to exchange military attaches by the end of the year as part of the strategy aimed at beefing up defense links with the trio in the heart of a once central Cold War battleground.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5imJGRa...GE6OCUpg8MeTPoA

So they can fight on the US behalf. Anyway how would china react.