Squirting out the nuke aft had major problems, no bomb was ever dropped that way. The main problem with the plane was that its high landing speed and other flight characteristics made is really hard to land on a carrier...even in the best of conditions...bad weather or nighttime operations would have been very dicey..The main reason the Navy dropped the plane was the rapid development of missiles launched from subs..
No argument there. Still my favorite jet design ever.