{"id":6565560,"date":"2026-07-21T11:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/us-service-member-killed-iraq-iranian-drone-ordnance-disposal-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:57:31","slug":"militare-statunitense-ucciso-in-iraq-da-un-drone-iraniano-durante-lo-smaltimento-di-munizioni-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/us-service-member-killed-iraq-iranian-drone-ordnance-disposal-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Il drone era gi\u00e0 a terra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Il drone era gi\u00e0 stato abbattuto. \u00c8 questo il dettaglio che distingue questa perdita dalle altre.<\/p>\r\n<p>Sabato, nel nord dell&#039;Iraq, un militare statunitense \u00e8 rimasto ucciso durante la detonazione controllata di un ordigno inesploso recuperato da un drone d&#039;attacco iraniano abbattuto. Un secondo militare \u00e8 rimasto ferito. Il Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti ha diffuso i dettagli domenica.<\/p>\r\n<p>Si \u00e8 trattato della terza vittima tra i militari americani nel fine settimana, e i decessi non sono avvenuti nello stesso Paese n\u00e9 per la stessa causa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 24px 0; border-radius: 8px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #222;\">Informazioni rapide<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Sabato 18 luglio<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Un militare statunitense \u00e8 morto e un altro \u00e8 rimasto ferito nel nord dell&#039;Iraq a seguito della detonazione controllata di un ordigno inesploso proveniente da un drone d&#039;attacco iraniano abbattuto.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Venerd\u00ec 17 luglio<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Due militari statunitensi sono rimasti uccisi in un attacco missilistico balistico e con droni iraniani contro le forze statunitensi e alleate in Giordania. Altri quattro sono stati evacuati per cure mediche e successivamente dimessi.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Domenica 19 luglio<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Il CENTCOM ha dichiarato che resti non identificati sono stati ritrovati sul luogo dell&#039;attacco in Giordania, dove un militare risultava disperso. Le verifiche sono in corso.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Perdite totali<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Almeno 17 militari statunitensi sono stati uccisi dall&#039;inizio della guerra, mentre Defense News ne riporta 18. Le cifre non sono state rese pubbliche.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Ferito<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Secondo la maggior parte delle stime, pi\u00f9 di 400.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Inizio della guerra<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">28 febbraio 2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Due diversi tipi di perdita<\/h2>\r\n<p>\u00c8 importante che questi documenti vengano tenuti separati, perch\u00e9 raccontano cose diverse sulla guerra.<\/p>\r\n<p>Le vittime in Giordania di venerd\u00ec sono state causate da un&#039;azione nemica: un attacco missilistico e con droni iraniani contro le forze statunitensi e alleate. Questo \u00e8 il tipo di perdita che l&#039;attuale campagna ha ripetutamente prodotto da febbraio.<\/p>\r\n<p>La morte avvenuta sabato in Iraq non \u00e8 stata un attacco. Nessuno era in corso. Un drone iraniano era gi\u00e0 stato intercettato e abbattuto, e il pericolo rimanente era la sua testata, sepolta nel terreno, in attesa di essere neutralizzata da persone il cui lavoro \u00e8 quello di avvicinarsi agli ordigni inesplosi, non di allontanarsene.<\/p>\r\n<p>La bonifica degli ordigni esplosivi \u00e8 tra le operazioni pi\u00f9 pericolose in qualsiasi ambito militare e non si conclude con la fine degli scontri a fuoco. Ogni drone distrutto con successo dalla difesa aerea lascia dei rottami da qualche parte, e qualcuno deve mettere in sicurezza quei rottami.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px; width: 100%;\"><img data-opt-id=1827182723  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/shahed-136-debris-us-navy-eod.jpg\" alt=\"Frammenti di detriti del drone Shahed-136 recuperati ed esaminati da una squadra di artificieri della Marina statunitense.\" width=\"1024\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Frammenti di un drone d&#039;attacco unidirezionale Shahed-136 recuperati e catalogati da una squadra di artificieri della Marina statunitense. Il lavoro di messa in sicurezza dei droni abbattuti continua a lungo dopo il loro abbattimento. Foto della Marina statunitense.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Cosa ha detto il CENTCOM<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il comando si \u00e8 mostrato reticente nel fornire dettagli, come di consueto durante la fase di notifica alle famiglie. Le identit\u00e0 non vengono rivelate fino a 24 ore dopo la notifica ai parenti pi\u00f9 prossimi e non \u00e8 stata fornita l&#039;esatta ubicazione nel nord dell&#039;Iraq.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201c&quot;A seguito di un&#039;accurata ricerca, il personale militare statunitense ha rinvenuto oggi sul posto resti non identificati. \u00c8 in corso un&#039;analisi per verificarne l&#039;autenticit\u00e0.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti<\/strong> \u2014 Dichiarazione, 19 luglio 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Tale dichiarazione riguarda il terzo militare coinvolto nell&#039;attacco di venerd\u00ec in Giordania, che risultava disperso. Si tratta di una questione distinta dal decesso in Iraq, e confondere i due eventi, come \u00e8 accaduto in alcuni casi, porta a un bilancio delle vittime semplicemente errato.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il Dipartimento della Difesa ha iniziato a diffondere i nomi luned\u00ec. Poich\u00e9 le informazioni su chi \u00e8 deceduto in quale incidente non sono state uniformi tra le diverse fonti, non pubblichiamo i nomi qui.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201c&quot;Altri membri del personale che sono stati visitati per lesioni lievi sono tornati in servizio&quot;.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti<\/strong> \u2014 Sul personale evacuato dall&#039;attacco in Giordania<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Il numero su cui nessuno \u00e8 d&#039;accordo<\/h2>\r\n<p>Contare i morti in questa guerra si \u00e8 rivelato inaspettatamente difficile. Defense News ha riportato 18 militari statunitensi uccisi dal 28 febbraio. Al Jazeera, il giorno successivo, riportando i dati e specificando le singole vittime, ha indicato una cifra di 17.<\/p>\r\n<p>La spiegazione pi\u00f9 probabile \u00e8 che i resti recuperati siano ancora in fase di verifica in Giordania: non \u00e8 chiaro se siano gi\u00e0 stati conteggiati e da chi. Fino alla conclusione di tale esame, la risposta pi\u00f9 onesta \u00e8 che si tratti di almeno 17.<\/p>\r\n<p>Prima di questo fine settimana, la perdita pi\u00f9 recente risaliva al 1\u00b0 luglio, quando il comandante Gabriel Edwards, ufficiale comandante dello squadrone di elicotteri da combattimento navale n. 5, perse la vita in seguito all&#039;affossamento del suo MH-60S Sea Hawk nel Mar Arabico. Altri tre marinai furono tratti in salvo.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il CENTCOM ha annunciato luned\u00ec la fine di un&#039;ondata di attacchi aerei del fine settimana, la nona notte consecutiva, e l&#039;inizio di una decima. La guerra \u00e8 giunta al suo 142\u00b0 giorno.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width: 550px; margin: 0 auto 28px;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px; border: none; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2078530691109974522&amp;theme=light\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fonti: Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti, Defense News, Al Jazeera, Stars and Stripes.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/muwaffaq-salti-air-base-iran-attack-us-service-members-2026\/\">Cosa \u00e8 successo a Muwaffaq Salti?<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mh-60s-seahawk-arabian-sea-emergency-water-landing-2026\/\">Falco marino nel Mar Arabico<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/f-16cj-wild-weasels-f-35-redeploy-middle-east-iran-2026\/\">Le donnole selvatiche appena disimballate<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un militare statunitense \u00e8 rimasto ucciso nel nord dell&#039;Iraq a seguito della detonazione controllata di un ordigno proveniente da un drone iraniano abbattuto. 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