Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

Navy's New Destroyer Takes to the Seas
15
Arleigh Burke (Destroyer), AEGIS (Weapons system)
Report from Charlie Battery
23
Kuwait (History, Guided missile operations, Iraqi invasion, 1990-1991, American intervention), United States (Armed Forces, Saudi Arabia)
America's Arsenal
29
Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Weapons, American participation)
Sunchasers
34
Convertibles (Automobiles)
The Mechanics of a Home Run
40
Batting (Baseball), Home runs (Baseball)
65 Great Ways to Improve Your Home
73
Houses (Maintenance and repair)
Ceramic Tile
108
Tiles
Pumping Fiberglass
114
Hulls (Naval architecture), Boats and boating (Materials), Fiberglass boats
X-plane Stalks Iraqis
118
Joint STARS (Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System), Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Aerial operations, American participation)
Small-scale Ingenuity
120
Loudspeakers (Rating)

Walleye Warriors
46
Fishing boats (Rating)
Ford F-150
51
Pickup trucks
Maximize Tire Life
55
Tires, Automobile (Care)
Variable Valve Timing
58
Automobile engines (Camshafts, Valves)
Fixing Leaky Fuel Injectors
59
Automobile engines (Fuel injection)
Improve Your Car
72
Automobiles (Equipment)
Poor Man's Laptop
120
Notebook computers (Rating)
Eye of the Storm
122
Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Equipment, American participation), Global Positioning System (Military use), Military computer systems
Ford Revitalizes Big Car Lineup
127
Ford Motor Co, Automobiles (Design)
BMW Launches New 3-series
128
Automobiles, Foreign (Rating)
Quad 4 Q-ship
131
Automobiles (Rating)

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