How do I defend against heavy bombers?

[ChromiumAgeCollector]

I play with a guy who loves heavy bombers and always tries to build them.  They are quite destablizing when he gets them.  What defenses (other than spreading out AA guns) can I use to defend against them?

[Der Kuenstler]

You could house rule in some Heavy Flak or cap fighters. Or get your own Heavy Bombers.

[Krieghund]

Bombers in general are overpowered in SBRs under the box rules.  If you’re not doing so already, I suggest you play using the Larry Harris Tournament Rules.

[wartorn]

@Krieghund:

Bombers in general are overpowered in SBRs under the box rules.  If you’re not doing so already, I suggest you play using the Larry Harris Tournament Rules.

Yeah, those are the rules for global 40 as well:

Heavy Bombers
Your bombers are now heavy bombers. You roll two dice each on attack or defence and use the
better result of the two dice. On a strategic bombing raid, roll two dice, take the better result, and
add “1” to that result to determine the damage done by that Heavy Bomber.

[GiddyXray]

In my group we generally skip the tech development. To my opinion too it is unbalancing the game for one player. It feels more like a fair fight to play without the tech development.