[kms61]

Other than as a cruise missile platform, it seems like B-52's would be of limited utility NK until air supremacy was achieved. They were pretty vulnerable to SAM's thirty years ago over North Vietnam, and I would think NK's air defenses are at LEAST at that level, and probably much stronger.

[El Gato]

it seems like B-52's would be of limited utility

They'd use the cruise missles to knock out the air defenses. They might also be used against the advancing NK hordes, which would not have quite as effective air defense as the North itself. (How many hordes per sortie can a BUFF handle anyway? ;) )