Originally Posted by
bobward
My research to date shows that, of the four jets, only the
Buccaneer carried two special weapons.
Not a weapons guy but I worked on development of Tornado avionics, specifically the nav attack system. We all knew it was designed to deliver special weapons but I never knew what or how many. Left the program in 1979 and have forgotten most of what I knew about it. However, according to Wiki, it could carry 4 -
Up to 4 ×
B61 or WE.177 tactical nuclear weapons
So maybe the answer as to why the Buccaneer was the only one that carried two was that it couldn't carry four?