Proposed improvements to the Buccaneer S2B are raised as an interesting missed opportunity. The imagined result is a reinforced, supersonic Buccaneer with afterburners and other changes. The label Buccaneer S3 is presented as a name some would use for those proposals. This is a counterfactual development path, not a claim that such an aircraft entered service.
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Proposed supersonic Buccaneer upgrades
Proposed Buccaneer S2B improvements are recalled as a route to a reinforced, supersonic aircraft with afterburners.