Beagle,
where do the " Harrier mafia " fit in railing against a 1960's aircraft, when the Harrier / P1127 first flew in October 1960 ?
If counting the Harrier 2 GR5 etc & AV-8B, started in '85 long after the Vulcan was gone...
I suspect the Vulcan, re-engineered ( & rebuilt from the ground up ) for stand-off & precision weapons, would have been a nice thing to have - but it's not available for the same reason I don't have a customised new Aston Martin on my drive.
Might as well have taken Concorde, built some more modified versions & made a stategic bomber out of it instead of rebuilding Vulcans - the costs would be ...!