Space And National Security Practice Test

Which administration scaled down Reagan's SDI to GPALS?

Reagan Bush Sr. Clinton Carter

Correct Answer:

Bush Sr.

Explanation:

This question tests your understanding of how Reagan’s broad missile-defense idea was reshaped into a more limited plan. Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative aimed for a wide, ambitious shield, but in the Bush administration the concept was reframed as Global Protection Against Limited Strikes, a smaller, more negotiable defense approach designed to fit with arms-control talks and verifiable limits. This shift to a more modest, diplomacy-linked framework happened under George H. W. Bush, making him the correct answer. Reagan continued to push the grand SDI vision, while Clinton and Carter did not introduce this scaled-down GPALS approach.

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