Drones produced in Russia, like Orlan-10, use imported engines (and many other components). This may be the real bottleneck, rather than nominal price.
Still a massive failure of military procurement / strategic planning. If they had valued drones appropriately in 2010 they could have built up a much bigger stockpile of better drones by now. If need be they could make indigenous versions, which might be a bit worse and more expensive, but would still do the job.
Drones produced in Russia, like Orlan-10, use imported engines (and many other components). This may be the real bottleneck, rather than nominal price.
Still a massive failure of military procurement / strategic planning. If they had valued drones appropriately in 2010 they could have built up a much bigger stockpile of better drones by now. If need be they could make indigenous versions, which might be a bit worse and more expensive, but would still do the job.