Why do you think it cost 10 times more to produce it in the USA? How many american and european engineers do you know that works in russia for 10x cheaper salary?

Assuming what you say is true should we move to compare war assets? What's the russian counterpart to hundreds of F22 and the b2?

There’s also effectiveness, drones are cheap and can often achieve the same or better results than traditional ballistic missiles that cost more.

USA has been using military drones for more than two decades

you can find the same medicine in the US for hundreds of times the price as you can in Canada, as an alternative example.

You are messing up things. That's the price the consumer pays for medicines because of a monopoly