Atlas V launch of a missile warning satellite delayed until Friday

The number of ballistic missiles increased by more than 1,200 over the past five years, according to the Missile Defense Agency, and more than 5,900 are based outside the United States, North Atlantic Treaty Organization member nations, Russia and China. United Launch Alliance’s 194-foot Atlas V rocket rolled to its Launch Complex 41 pad Wednesday morning with the third satellite in the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS. The system is modernizing and replacing the legacy Defense Support Program, which began launching in 1970. More

(Source: USA Today - Jan 20)