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Desert Storm shows that even with modern technology available for information-gathering and an extremely permissive information environment, information gathering is a limiting factor in the effectiveness of air power. This problem is due not only to technical limitations and energy countermeasures, but to the limits inherent to the nature of air power. This state of affairs may or may not be permanent. Despite many advances, many problems remain. 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