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by machrider 5609 days ago
Doesn't the military still rely heavily on GPS? I have a hard time believing they'd tolerate any kind of interference with such a crucial system.
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Yes - without it's operation many senior members of staff would be forced to learn map reading to find their way around Washington (or at least their drivers would)
I believe M-code also operates on 1227.6 (L2). According to wikipedia, they do still use 1575.42 (L1).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals#Frequencies_used_by...