Editing Avro Vulcan (section)

===Export proposals===
Other countries expressed interest in purchasing Vulcans, but as with the other V-bombers, no foreign sales materialised.<ref>"Labour Research, Volume 51." 1962, p. 20.</ref>

;Australia:
As early as 1954, the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) recognised that the [[English Electric Canberra]] might soon become outdated. Potential replacements, such as the [[Boeing B-47]]E, [[Handley-Page Victor]] and Vulcan were considered.<ref name = 'stephens 142'>Stephens 1992, p. 142.</ref>

Political pressure for a Canberra replacement came to a head in 1962, by which time agile, supersonic bombers/strategic [[attack aircraft|strike aircraft]], such as the [[North American A-5 Vigilante]], [[BAC TSR-2]], [[General Dynamics F-111C|General Dynamics F-111]], had become available. Had the Australian government pre-ordered the TSR-2, several V-bombers, including Vulcans, would have been made available, for interim use by the RAAF; however, the F-111C was ordered.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120629134547/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=1345810&I=1&SE=1 "Correspondence between the Australian and British Governments concerning the selection of the F-111 over the TSR-2."] ''National Archives of Australia''. Retrieved: 11 November 2010.</ref><ref name = 'Weisbrod'>{{citation|jstor=20634276|title=Australia's Decision to Buy the F-111|journal=The Australian Quarterly|volume=41|issue=2|pages=7–27|last1=Weisbrod|first1=Hanno|year=1969|doi=10.2307/20634276}}</ref><ref name="Wilson p.146">Wilson 1989, p.&nbsp;146.</ref> (The UK government almost followed that decision – after the cancellation of the TSR-2 – it was offered the similar [[F-111K]].)

;Argentina:
In the early 1980s, Argentina approached the UK with a proposal to buy a number of Vulcans. An application, made in September 1981, requested the 'early availability' of a 'suitable aircraft'. With some reluctance, British ministers approved the export of a single aircraft but emphasised that clearance had not been given for the sale of a larger number. A letter from the British [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] to the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] in January 1982 stated that little prospect was seen of this happening without ascertaining the Argentine interest and whether such interest was genuine: 'On the face of it, a strike aircraft would be entirely suitable for an attack on the Falklands.'<ref>[http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/118426 "Falklands: FCO to MOD (sale of Vulcans to Argentina – no clearance given for sales – declassified 2012)"] ''Margaret Thatcher Foundation''. Retrieved: 4 August 2013.</ref> [[Falklands War|Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands]] less than three months later, after which a British [[embargo]] on the sale of any military equipment was quickly imposed.