I heard on the news that, in reality, by the time the launch is detected, confirmed by secondary systems, and the trajectory is determined, they have already lost 6-7 minutes of a flight that would take 22 minutes to get from N.Korea to Hawaii.
That leaves you like 14-15 minutes - there really is no point, by the time the alarm sounds, to do anything other than hug your loved ones.
I could see how this could have caused hysteria and panic. Maybe traffic accidents and even suicides.
Scary nonetheless.
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