Reality is a foreign concept to liberals. The Soviets tried to put missiles in Cuba and we faced them down because we had missiles of our own. Today, China is building missiles to point at our cities. So is North Korea. The former Soviets have plenty left over from the Cold War.
Every nation wants missiles.
Because they deter war. By that standard, they're a pretty good investment. We are modifying good crops so they grow more abundantly. We are modifying some crops to deliver vitamins that are needed for a healthy population that might now otherwise have access to them. Instead, Moron Dowd would abandon this technological miracle that cost millions to develop.