(Reuters) Dan Williams - Israel's neighbors are buying arms on a scale that threatens its regional military superiority, deputy Israeli air force chief Brig.-Gen. Tal Kelman said Sunday. In order to perpetuate Israel's qualitative military edge - a guarantee that it gets more advanced U.S. weapons than Arab states get - Israel says it needs to bulk up its armed forces, not just upgrade their technologies, to keep ahead of potential foes. "There are countries here which have plans that are being actualized for arms deals in the hundreds of billions of dollars, for the most advanced Western weaponry and the most advanced Eastern weaponry," Kelman said. "There is a very great danger here, because today's enemy can be tomorrow's friend, and today's friend could be tomorrow's enemy."
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