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Lets examine this out of the box:
3 important elements that made Iran's Drone technology close at par with US and China:
1- Early start..1980's (first Combat use of Drone in Iran-Iraq war as Artillery spotter" .
2- Bigger funding share due to outdated air force asset availabilities (Sanctions);
3- Capture of RQ-170 which propelled Iranian drone tech by at least a decade.(I add access to downed US and Israeli hardware in Iraq and syria also)
Now unless you consider Turkish engineers as some sort of above human intelligence capabilities (and I have lots of respect for engineers of both countries )..the scientific facts governed by the above three elements make Iran more advanced in this Tech..
Even Russia who started late in this field (and we all know and respect their defence industry)..still behind Iran and Israel in this technology.
They issue here, something they want to try and sugar coat is that they want to be considered as an advanced UAV (and other sectors too) power but at the same time rely entirely on key components such as engine on the outside world. I am afraid it does not work like that, putting a hardware together using imported bits and pieces is one thing, but to have the capability to deliver the near full needs of that system indigenously is another level all together. As the articles I have posted earlier show, the extend of Turkish defence industry is an import-assemble one with relatively low indigenous capability. This is not bad compared to the likes Persian Gulf Arab states that rely entirely on imports, but they should not get carried away comparing themselves to nations that actually do not heavily rely on the importing.