BLIMEY THAT WAS CLOSE RUSSIAN SU27 v RAF 135 RIVET

[GeeRam]

And the Nimrod had a large bomb/weapons bay running nearly the full length of the aircraft, as well as being capable of carrying external stores, it had a payload of around 10 tons, unsurpassed by any other Western maritime patrol aircraft before or since.

Indeed.
The weapons bay on the new P-8 is laughably tiny in comparison.

[Flying10uk]

The weapons bay on the new P-8

But does anyone know what the weapons payload is, in approximate terms, on the new P-8? It's clearly going to be less than the Nimrod.