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Helis are better for Close Air Support because they can fly closer and can loiter for long times before having to refuel/re-arm and probably cheaper to fly than planes for CAS as well,that's why we're IAF and Army are focusing on Attack Helis.

Well maybe some puny country in the Balkans or some dismantled country in the opposition don't have SAMs that shoot at high altitutudes but the threats we're going be facing certainly do (Pakistan and China) And most fighters can intercept at high altitudes these days. Western jets intercept...

Heavy bombers as in the B-52s ? They're interceptor/SAM fodder They only work when you are flying over uncontested airspace which is hard to come by these days. Maybe Stealth Bombers but no one is selling those and ours isn't ready yet