[dragonwriter]

> I’m not sure what possible risk there was to our aircraft. Specifically from a missile launch in NK.

NK nuclear armed and, has the estimated ability to hit the West Coast of the US with ICBMs, and is believed to be able to make warheads small enough to mount on its ICBMs now. (The first two have been true for quite a few years now, the last is more recent.)

The threat to people in planes is at least twofold:

One: EMP from a nuclear blast is not a good thing for aircraft.

Two: People on the ground can shelter to mitigate some of the risk from a confirmed incoming attack, people in planes cannot.