P-8I is the worst of the lemons:

1) It cannot detect submarines in any useful manner because the ultra high resolution
ISAR is removed. So you can detect subs only as a surfaced ship.
2) Nobody bothered to order (intentional!!!???) the radio-sonobouys and Indian Navy is
short of sonobouys. So much for the vaunted submarine detection.
3) It cannot target Karachi port because 1ft & 3ft resolution SAR is removed.
4) It cannot even launch brahmos because there is no Over The Horizon targeting
capability.
5) The data link is probably like 19 kbps. Much much lesser than even the now to be
replaced line of sight datalinks like Link-16.\
6) The large surface search mode is 200 NM (370 km). Even a bloody BARS will detect a
ship between 120-250 km (depends) and later AESAs will be even better.
7) The radar has lesser carrier wave beams which implies it will be predicted, jammed
and blinded by a much more powerful ship based MFR in continuous wave mode.
Something the Chinese will bring along later in the decade. But something we will be
able to detect only after the Americans have struck a deal with the Chinese.
But its American made. Hence. whatever it does, it is not a burden. Only thing a P-8I is good
for is gather frequent flying credits.