The elites in any system not only have more political and economic power, they also have more access to information and control the distribution of information in any given system.

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Worse still, Western intelligence sources believe the Soviets themselves may be operating some of the more sophisticated equipment Moscow has exported to Iraq, like jammers being employed to try to deny U.S. and Saudi Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft vital information concerning Iraqi military movements.

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Among its most recent products include a watch than can receive global positioning system location information, one that doubles as a TV remote control, and one that plays MP3 digital music files.

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Yet as UAV technology improves they are set to become an even more important part of security and military operations -- part of a system that gathers and relays information to other drones, ground control, manned aircraft and satellites.

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Professor Chapman said the web had made information accessible to millions around the world, but it was very difficult to institute a system of quality of control.

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