Yes B-52's can carry Nuclear weapons just as every jet fighter built since 1958 can carry Nuclear bombs or nuclear tipped missiles. F117 and B-2 Stealth aircraft can also carry Nuclear bombs or nuclear tipped missiles. F-22 & F-35 can carry Nuclear bombs and nuclear tipped missiles, and are both Stealthy. Yeah we did Christmas Bombings during the Vietnam War just as the North Vietnamese attacked during their (New Years) Tet Offensive in 1968.