it Almost happened
The German Luftwaffe look for multi-role fighter-bomber. that drop a atomic bomb
Now they look and found the Mirage III ideal for the Purpose.
Unfortunate, Marcel Dassault refused to sell the Mirage III to Germany, because he survived barely the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald during WW2.
German Minister of defense Strauß took the Lockheed F-104 instead, a high altitude interceptor that became a inconvenient low level multi-role fighter-bomber...
Although bad rumor claim that Lockheed outbid Dassault on amount bribes to Franz Joseph Strauß
Let assume that rumor is true* and Marcel Dassault manage to outfit Lockheed and German Luftwaffe buy 1122 Mirage III
with Option build under license by consortium of European companies (German Messerschmitt/MBB, Dornier, Italy Fiat, the Netherland Fokker, and Belgium SABCA.)
what is needed because Dassault had not capacity to build so many Mirage III in short time.
with benefit that Netherland Belgium and Italy would buy also Mirage III
Also was proposal of Dassault to British RAF for Mirage IV Bomber as alternative to cancel TSR.2 bomber
Here BAe and Dassault would build 100 Mirage IV-K Bomber with British engine and avionic of TSR.2
So why not a similar deal with Mirage III with British engine and avionic ?
and there was proposal for Mirage IIIW build in USA under license by Boeing !
*
next Lockheed, Dassault Aviation has also pay bribes to sell there Aircraft, like to ruling Belgium Socialist Party for package deal for 106 Mirage 5B for Belgium Air force.