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DoD News In Focus: Murphy’s Law

  • Defense.gov
  • March 13, 2017 | 1:29

“Murphy’s Law” – anything that can go wrong, will go wrong -- has been an American adage for decades, but the origin of this often-cited saying begins in the desert outside of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., at the dawn of the jet age.