The FY 1981 increases in defense — something of a "foreshock" to the rapid rise in defense spending over the next several years — were prompted by the fall of the Shah in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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Foreshock
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early signal
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precursor earthquake
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precursor signalpreseismic quake
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4 entriesearly warning cueforeshock sequenceforeshock swarmpredictive cue
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6 entriesforeshock activityforeshock catalogforeshock magnitudeforeshock regionforeshock sequenceforeshock timing
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