First prototype was made befofe CDR was finished so there isn't much point to making more prototypes before that. KF21 was at a different stage of its development lifecycle.
Gripen has F414. America wouldn't sell that to us. But F414 has 60KW electric output or so that i remember, which is on par with F16 so it can have a good radar and electronics for A2A, but alas, not gonna happen.
TAI is being used as a locomotive to acquire technology and capabilities for indigenization, it was many times expected to use local parts where it could readily buy existing products and faced delays as a result. But some of these setbacks prepared infrastructure for capabilities we have today...
If all the equipment is useless in that weather then what can soldiers do? Like if cameras can't see, can they see? If it is an undefensible position then that's the wrong position, plan should be made accordingly and resources should be allocated accordingly. Regardless of the conditions, being...
They should give them custom phones: camera, messaging and gps are important, but software should be restricted and encrypted. We hear things like soldiers sharing data through whatsapp for operations instead of military radios.