When America went to war with Iran last month, the U.S. military faced an enemy using mass-produced drones to deadly effect. The same weapons have been used for years in Ukraine – some of them supplied by Iran to Russia. Unmanned and remotely-controlled, drones have transformed the Ukrainian battlefield. They’re estimated to inflict around 80% …
Drones have revolutionized warfare, and with relatively cheap technology posing a deadly threat, the U.S. military needs to adapt, former Marine William McNulty said. His venture-capital fund has invested in Ukrainian drone technology, which has evolved rapidly over the course of the war with Russia. Drones are now estimated to inflict around 80% of combat …
Imagine, in the 21st century, discovering a marvel on par with Mount Everest or the Grand Canyon. It happened, in 2009, with the revelation of the largest cave passage in the world. It’s in Vietnam and they call it Hang Son Doong, “Mountain River Cave.” An intrepid British explorer, Peter MacNab, led the first team …
Vietnam’s Son Doong is big enough to fit a skyscraper, but despite its immense size, it took 18 years for Ho Khanh, the man who first found the entrance, to rediscover Hang Son Doong, deep inside a Vietnamese jungle. In 2009, Peter MacNab, along with a five-man team, were the first to explore the cave …
When a commercial flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in January 2025, one tight-knit Maryland community was left grappling with profound loss. Among the victims onboard American Airlines Flight 5342 were seven friends returning home from a hunting trip, whose sudden deaths transformed their wives into widows. This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent …
This week on 60 Minutes, CBS News correspondent Holly Williams and producer Erin Lyall reported on the cutting-edge of drone warfare: an innovation-driven arms race between Ukraine and Russia to dominate the battlefield with unmanned vehicles on land, by sea, and in the air. “There are estimates that 80% of combat casualties on both sides …
For decades, 60 Minutes has explored some of the most remote and extraordinary places on Earth, places viewers have never been and likely will never go. But even by those standards, correspondent Scott Pelley’s latest assignment stands apart. “This was completely unique,” Pelley said. This week’s journey takes viewers deep into the largest known cave …
Vietnam’s Son Doong: A rare journey inside the world’s largest cave passage – CBS News Watch CBS News This week’s 60 Minutes takes viewers deep into the largest known cave passage in the world. The journey was one of the most physically demanding and visually stunning assignments of Scott Pelley’s long career.
NEW YORK (AP) — A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed during a combat operation in southern Lebanon on Saturday just weeks after he completed training. The Israeli military identified the soldier as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22. He was originally from New Haven, …
When American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into the Potomac River in January 2025, it killed seven friends who had been on a hunting trip. Now, their widows are learning how to navigate grief together.