Barak 8 is LRSAM, now don't strip the claims made, you said that It is not operational, I gave the link that confirms it is operational since 2015, and then it had 70kms range, I provided link detail from 2017, and now ships have updated barak 8 with respect to range. See the date first of the article before jumping.
Barak's range is 100km, It has been tested upto 90km. So the 90km figure I quoted for a high flying object is conservative.
N8 Regulus was a turbo-jet powered cruise missile. Germany's AS34 was a rocket powered cruise missile with a 35km range. Neither of these followed a ballistic trajectory chief.
BARAK 8 has an operational range of 90 kms,and we are not dreaming of future scenarios where a JF17 gets the courage to launch a long range missile targetting an Indian CBG.As of today,Pakistan CANNOT hit our CBG evading the multi-tiered defences which are guided by sophisticated radars.If in future full scale conflict scenario pakistan tries to hit our carriers,there would be no airfields left in the coastal Pakistan,not to mention the devastation imposed on Karachi and Gwadar harbours.As mentioned by @Steven Rogers ,the MiG 29Ks wouldn't be sitting over the deck of the carrier laying eggs.The fact is CBG is a floating fortress with real threat posed by lurking subs,if pakistan could spare some even after the debacle of Ghazi,it indeed would be a commendable decision.There is complete airspace domination over a Carrier,and yes the SAMs may not target the launch platform JF17,but the incoming missile would be neutralised for sure.The scenario where a JF17 would strike a carrier from 200 kms is akin to throwing a stone on mud and running away.BVRAAMs would chase the JF17s before further strikes.And in future if Pakistan upgrades it's fleet to a Navy(now it has more of a Coast Guard role),coming out of it's territorial waters,we'd have a lot more toys in our possession to play with.
They were the vintage cruise missile, again you're wrong, what's the altitude ceiling of AKG400, last I heard around 14kms, how it can cover 250kms of distance with a ballastic trajectory with such low altitude .
Fanboys are exhausting to converse with. Corrections.
Unless you're suggesting that IN carriers are going to be escorted by 4 Air Defense Destroyers at any one time. a 360km air defense bubble can only be provided by the carrier's own embarked CAP aircraft.
A s300 based heavy and old Sam which cant take maneuvers can't intercept a target traveling a preprogrammed variable path of various objectives, for avoiding the best possible engagement of a missile with interceptor, it's certainly not possible to intercept a modern AsHM which flies at different paths, and cruises as low as 3 mts, and has low level cruising range of 120kms with an over 1 ton missile which is based on old soviet design interceptor which was designed to intercept High flying targets flying at predictable trajectory.
That's expected from those peoples who don't differentiate bw BrahMos and Yakhont.
Barak 8 claims aside, everything in your post is true. It would be hard for any opposing forces to assault a CBG wih ASM carrying jets alone considering the carrier's CAP fighters. What I dispute is this:
Barak 8 CANNOT INTERCEPT A PLATFORM LAUNCHING ANTI-SHIP MISSILES FROM 200+km OUT. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE RANGE. Simple. Even if Barak 8 had a 90km range, it still wouldn't matter.
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Brahmos is much more than Yakhont++ comparing the two is like comparing Su27 with Su35 since both have same origins. Brahmos has been tested at 10 meter high flight path for 120km in Low, Low, Low mode.
Use the same thinking in case of Carrier Battle group defense of India. I never said the missile from the target i.e. the Carrier here has to stop the attacker and missile. The forward defenses will ensure that the carrier stays out of harms way, and that includes the carriers combat fighter wing.
Again go back and study mathematics, A Barak 8 can fly in any direction from the launch ship 360 degree, so the area covered will be 90km radius Circle i.e. 180km diameter, two ships can cover ~360km positioned 180km away from each other.
You never know what these fanboys are up to
Some of these loud mouth fanboys dont know zilch about S-400 they think 400 means it iis able to engage targets sitting 400 km away
yes they can, what do you think Erieye and ZDK-03 were bought for. Your CBG will be be painted and shine bright from at least 400 kms away
40N6 has 400kms of range and is designed to take down strategic targets. Now I have reasons why all the Pakis are mouth piece of China.Some of these loud mouth fanboys dont know zilch about S-400 they think 400 means it iis able to engage targets sitting 400 km away
Now that's called fanboyism, your "turboprop" aew can't do that at 400kms specially those ships which are designed with reduced rcs unlike avg Pakistani ships and with changing horizon at the sea, and comparing electronic warfare equipments of a 45000tons ship to a turboprop is a joke. Their are ECMs installed on Indian navy ships which tracks LPI radar signals, so rip with that old radar.
Let's assume, the ZDK-03 and Erieye is able to see the CBG from 400 km away, If they at all survive the internal jihadi officers of PAF and PN who are ever ready to blow up surveillance planes like P-3 Orions, Erieye etc and kidnap Frigates to do Jihad.
CAP without any weapon,
only a Porki pilot would do that. 
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