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never heard of an aircraft shot down at 1500 ft with a ak47 bullet

You dont have to use them against modern airforce. You have to use them in insurgency campaigns. Ever heard of Embrar Super tucano? although its not a dive bomber Stuka. Because it was able to dive at 90 degrees providing the accuracy that any historian will agree to.

All i am worried about is cost. According to wikipedia (lets suppose its correct) a hellfire = $68000, JDAM=$70,000. In a low intensity conflict of Pakistan, this is too much. The diving solution could provide a better alternative

It is the 21st century but the war is not against a 21st century opponent

Point is simple, 4 things to consider firepower, psychological effect, cost, accuracy. In the cost of 1 hour of flight time of Eurofighter/F-15 which are used in afghanistan, 2 or 3 stukas could be screamingly diving towards the target with deadly accuracy creating havoc at the insurgents on the...

A-10s were offered during 1980s as far as i read somewhere. But we declined them for f-16s Deadly against tanks no doubt, why waste "expensive" depleted uranium bullets against simple targets?

I think in counter insurgency there is no such thing as "Insurgent airforce", this is a solution which can be employed in low cost and intensity conflicts. Even the cobras will be shot down if we use them against indians in the absence of air-superiority

Yes it is 21st century, but people we are fighting are not using weapons of 21st century, they are still onto guns and rockets :) why waste millions of dollars when history offers a cheap and effective alternative?

Yes A-10s were offered but all they could do, is to fire mavericks and perform bombing runs. The same problem of inaccurate fire. On the other hand the planes like stukas delivered the firepower coupled with psychological effect. They could be of great use in counter insurgency campaigns. using...

Actually I am very impressed with the stuka. Point Remains the same. Laser guided bombs, hellfires etc all are terribly expensive and require lot of money and politics. On the other hand the old time stuka delievered with almost similar accuracy. Wouldn't it be a cheap alternative?

Hello guys, the post might look odd, but lets consider it for a while. The costs of operating and maintaining gunships like cobras and fighters like f-16s are enormous. The dive bombers of WW2 like Ju-87 stuka delivered a massive firepower almost equavilant to cobra with deadly accuracy and...