All future war will be net centric and all the information will be share between the arm forces with the advantages of satellite and awacs system now their is no need to search enemy ship or carrier battle group it will be very easy to locate and allocate appropriate response.
IF Pakistan defense is becoming network centric, then don't you think, Indian offense is also becoming network centric.
Infact India much ahead of Pakistan in network centricity, thanks to the cold start doctrine, unified tri services command and dedicated espionage and military communication satellites coming on line.
Operation Trident is only good for history book but cannot easy to repeat and with the advancement of cruise missile and ballistic missile and stand off weapon system like Raad with 350 km range can easily target airbases and navy bases and command center.
Operation trident was a high risk and an audacious attack on Pakistan.
Now a day a lot more damage can be done, from a lot further aways, with a lot less risk.
RAAD is subsonic, land attack cruise missile....It can be defended against.
An air launched version of Brahmos(due to be tested this month) will be a lot more lethal.
In future PN may have a full squadron of aircraft to take care of what you said .
Even now PN has one full PAF Mirage squadron at it disposal.
But compare that to what IN has at its disposal.
3 squadron of Mig 29-Ks
1 squadron of Harriers
2 IAF squadron of Su-30 MKIs
1 Squadron Jaguar IM.
Type 21 ships are only point defense ships now their weapons have been removed and they are waiting for decommissioning.
Only OHP is used ship with PN now.
F-22P's SSM can hit target beyond 180km so please forget 120km max range of missiles of PN ships its old thing and F-22Ps are defensive ships not main offensive ships but they may support offensive ops in certain situations, their air defense is not good but they can hit upto 25km and 12 km for supersonic CMs.
PN did not had AShM missiles and they have not seen Missile boats as it was new to them when IN used them in 1971.
JF-17s can carry vast range of weapons which even our F-16s can't carry and that is why they will be very important part of PAF/PN maritime strike role.
Mig-29K will be potent threat but current ACC can't launch all 30 jet to attack or defend and here PAF can send mix of fighter jets to take care of them.
When I say that Pakistan now have NCW capability it never meant that India don't have it means that with this capability Pakistan can use its forces to maximum extent and making sure that enemy can't sneak in to attack.
PN P-3 will be supported by PAF AWACS and fighter jets so not easy to go after them.
F-22 P is equipped with C-802 A 120 Km range and not CM-802 AKG of 180 Km range,
FM-90 SAM deployed on F-22P is a copy of cortale SAM designed by france in 1960s.
It has 12km range against aircrafts and no proven ability against supersonic AShMs.
JF-17 is light aircraft and with very short range, it is not designed to fight air battles against enemy carrier fleets hundreds of miles from home base.
Well Mig -29 is only one the fighter of Indian navy in an air battle against Pakistan..as said previously.
As oppose to 1-2 squadron of JF-17 in future..Indian navy will has.
3 squadron of Mig 29-Ks
1 squadron of Harriers
2 IAF squadron of Su-30 MKIs
1 Squadron Jaguar IM.
And 46 Tejas MK 2 in future.