I know, and this is why this thing is more risky. In the day and age where US Navy is fearful of Houthis and Russia has fenced up its black sea fleet out of fear of Ukraine, it is not that hard to target ships. At the same time Indians are so badly itching to show off their Navy.
the problem is ... how to control the escalation if India is stupid enough to launch an attack with them. Can they afford to have their navy anchored/fenced just like their AF got grounded ? Will they launch planes form Vikrant to go on offensive and become a legit target of PN ?
Everyone will be happy btw, Bangladesh, Maldives, Srilanka will rush to Pakistan so they can get out of Indian naval blackmail. India would lose their utility for the US forever and China will roam the Indian Ocean freely. It will be totally worth it if that happens. Then, if they wanna escalate in return, then at least nobody will blame Pakistan for whatever happens.