I have noticed that the random plasma storm effect does not appear to work correctly with hangar defenses as when the storm hits, strikecraft owned by said hangars that are already launched do not dock automatically, and can continue firing and accepting orders. You can indeed order them to dock manually, but you cannot launch them again as the docking button on the hangar defense is disabled (additionally, any craft that are built while the storm is at the planet also do not launch). All other units, including starbases, appear to be affected correctly by the storm and have their strikecraft dock automatically.