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Sawed-Off Station Wagon. Last week American Motors showed off the first subcompact, the Gremlin.* It was, said A.M.C. President William Luneberg, purposely designed to be "a contentious car, and nobody will be neutral about it." That may well be true. On the outside the Gremlin resembles a sawed-off station wagon, with a long, low hood and swept-up rear, and is faintly reminiscent of the original Studebaker Avanti. Though the Gremlin is only two inches longer than the 159-in. Volkswagen, the elongated hood makes the difference seem considerably more. It is 10 in. wider than a Volks...
When a missile plunges into ZAR's range, it will reflect radar pulses back to Kwajalein. Waiting to detect them is a 1,400 ton Luneberg lens, an assembly of foamed plastic cubes containing metal threads, which will concentrate the reflected radar energy like a magnifying glass. The lens rotates in time with ZAR on a massive thrust bearing, and is housed in a plastic sphere 100 ft. in diameter...
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