Guess again if you assumed close air support (CAS) jets were some kind of modern concept. Granted, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and its gargantuan 30mm rotary cannon are better at CAS than any other aircraft in history.
To let people die for want of food, and air now, is tantamount to the genocides that scarred forever the 20th century. The Allahabad high court was making exactly the same point.