Work on a solution to reduce threat of nuclear weapons

Hillary Clinton was said to have serious questions about the Pentagon's plan to build a new generation of nuclear-armed bombers, missiles and submarines, at an eye-popping price tag of $1 trillion over the next three decades.

Trump has made a wide range of assertions on the nuclear issue, from claiming that he would nuke ISIS to arguing that he either would or wouldn't be the first to use these devastating weapons in a crisis.

Former Secretary of Defense William Perry has warned that we are on the verge of a new global nuclear arms race, and is particularly concerned with the destabilizing potential posed by the Pentagon's plans to build a new nuclear-armed cruise missile.

A recent study by Physicians for Social Responsibility estimates that a nuclear war between India and Pakistan could put up to 2 billion people at risk from the initial blast itself, the impacts of radiation and the likelihood that such a conflict would provoke widespread famine.

A study co-authored by an analyst at the Air War College has determined that 311 nuclear warheads would be enough to deter any nation from attacking the United States with weapons of mass destruction.