What does GPALS stand for?

Global Protection Against Limited Strikes

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Military and Government

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Responding to this change in threat, President Bush announced that the DOD was refocusing the SDI program away from defending against a massive Soviet missile attack towards implementing a system known as Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS), designed to protect US forces overseas, US friends and allies, and the United States itself from accidental, unauthorized, and/or limited ballistic missile strikes.

Deterrence and space-based missile defense

The PEO for ASMD began as the PEO for Global Protection Against Limited Strikes.

Redstone Rocket (Jan. 20, 2005): Brig. Gen. Mike Cannon leads ...

As such, Brilliant Pebbles became the key integrating element of a concept known as global protection against limited strikes (GPALS).

Space and missile defense