United States President Ronald Reagan's administration fully committed the United States in the deterrence of further Soviet aggression in the Persian Gulf Sea. There were a few strategies that were implemented in the Persian Gulf Sea, such as the strategies known as Symmetrical response and Asymmetrical response. Symmetrical response can be defined as a reaction to threats in the attempt of achieving an equally balanced level of power at the exact geographical location, time, and level corresponding to the initial threat. Asymmetrical response has been defined as "Shifting the location or nature of one's reaction onto terrain better suited to the application of one's strength against adversary weakness." This strategy consists of one combatant trying to pull all the strings on familiar territory in order to use the strengths they have acquired in similar situations. President Ronald Reagan's administration quickly favored the Asymmetrical response in the Persian Gulf, however both asymmetrical and symmetrical responses were incorporated in his plan of attack. Not long after President Ronald Reagan took office, his administration strategist reported guidelines for the military stating, "to hit the soviets at their remote and vulnerable outposts in retaliation for any cutoff of Persian Gulf oil." The Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger stated the United States' ability to prevent the Soviets from further escalating in the Persian Gulf complements the ability for the United States to shift or spread the war to other areas. One current idea at the time was "to threaten the Soviet Brigade in Cuba if Moscow or its Surrogates move into the Persian Gulf." If that were to happen then symmetrical response would be put into play and the prospects of symmetrical response were viewed as negative, because the Soviets Geographical advantage complemented with their enormous number of ground forces.