The US has already tried convincing the Pakistan security establishment of threats other than India in the region, and have failed. Truth be told, Pakistan has only 1 true hostile state against it (i.e. India). Although I would rate Afghanistan as second but that is still peanuts compared to India, and any hostility coming in from Afghanistan, is so conveniently, Indian. Iran and US are no hostiles (if you're comparing these against India), if needed an active, simple dialogue would be sufficient under most scenarios with these two.
What 21 years of blasts? Are you actually, seriously comparing the number of suicide blasts in Pakistan in recent years with India? Who's the infant here?
BTW, we only have 4 provinces (now 5 i.e. Gilgit Baltistan). Realistically we can't have much more parts anyway. But a 'huge nation' can have several cuts, if not 1000 so to speak.
Personally I dont think India wants a war with Pakistan and Pakistan sure does not want a war with India...
Manpower and Ground Forces
As of 2005, India has the second
largest military manpower in the world - at 3,773,300 personell, next
only to China. Pakistans manpower of 1,449,000 personell, although
smaller in numbers, is proportionally higher than India in terms of
their population ratios. Pakistans ground forces are equipped with
American or Chinese weapons like FIM 92 Stinger SAMs, BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles, T-82 tanks and other equipments. Indian ground forces are equipped with mostly home-made and Soviet technologies like IR guided 9K35 Strela-10 SAMs, 3rd Gen IR guided Nag
anti-tank missiles, UAVs and a large inventory of tanks and support
vehicles. In terms of both numbers and equipments, Indian military
dominates the Pakistani ground forces.
Comparison of Air Forces
As of 2006, Indian Air Force (IAF) has
over 170,000 personnel and 3,382 aircrafts, of which 1,330 are combat
aircrafts operating off 61 airbases - making it the fourth largest air
force in the world. Indias strike fighters consist of Russian and
French aircrafts like Mikoyan MiG-29, Dassault Mirage 2000, Sukhoi Su-30
- the last one developed under dual licensing by HAL, Indias aerospace
industry in Bangalore. In addition to these, Indian Air Force also owns
ground attack aircrafts, reconnaissance aircrafts, UAVs and support
helicopters - a majority of them either of Soviet or French origin.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has about 530 combat aircrafts and 65,000
active personnel, operating out of 9 airbases. Its strike fighters
consist of US, Chinese and ageing French fighters like F-16 Fighting Falcon, JF-17 Thunder and Dassault Mirage ROSE-III. It also has transport aircrafts like Lockheed Martin C-130 and Airbus A310, however unlike India, there are no UAVs or reconnaissance aircrafts in the Pakistani Air Force
The Final Verdict
Both Pakistan and India are almost
evenly matched head to head in nuclear and missile fronts, however
India has strategic and technological superiority over the conventional
forces of Pakistan. Indian Navy is larger in fleet and personnel size
with a more varied range of ships including an aircraft carrier while
Pakistans Navy is smaller and has no aircraft carriers. Indians IAF
is equipped with highly capable fighters like 4.5th generation Su-30s and 4th gen Mirage 2000s which are technologically superior to Pakistan PAFs F-16s and Mirage IIIs.
Additionally Indian pilots are better trained and more capable in air
combat than Pakistani forces as was demonstrated by its various wars with Pakistan or joint exercises with US and UK. In the area of
conventional ground forces both the Indian as well as Pakistani Army is well equipped and highly trained to survive in extremities of
topography and climate in combat conditions, like wars in the high
Himalayas.
Pakistans defence budget for the year 2006-07 was $4.1 billion (~3% of GDP) in response to Indias hike in defence budget
of 2006-07 at $20.11 billion (~ 2.5% of GDP). Pakistans hike in
military budget would be partially funded by its government coffers and partially by borrowing whereas Indias military spending would be
entirely off its own funds. Indias ambitious budget prompted Pakistan
to up its own military budget, despite the countrys widespread poverty and socio-political problems. Apart from its GDP, Pakistani military also gets a considerable funding from United States. Considering that India has a far larger economy overall, its military budget is also several times larger, despite being a smaller share of Indias GDP.
India vs Pakistan - Evaluation on Military Strengths - Bharatstudent.com
talks cheap,,,reality can be tough.