Gloster Javelin

Gloster Javelin

A massive delta wing machine

Big heavy fighter going after Soviet bombers

Hunting them over the North Sea

Armed with big guns and heat seeking missiles

Ready to splash the enemy communist planes

Before they can drop or launch their nuclear weapons

On Britain which stands ready and willing in defence

No longer safe from the tenuous Russian reach

Of Bear and Badger and Bison bombers

Silver painted monsters each carrying

Huge thermonuclear city killing bombs

And long range stand off missiles

Aimed at our cities bases and navy carriers

We stand allied with America and NATO

But some battles must be fought alone

The Javelin fighter hunting Soviet bombers

One such imperative a fight of conflicting ideals

Our flight crews always ready 24/7

For the run to the planes and a hot scramble

Lighting the burners and climbing steeply

Into the moody dark skies and the unknown

Was it World War 3 or a false alarm?

They always had to be ready no matter what

It was possible their bases would be lost

And our V-Bombers were on a one way trip to Russia

A case of all or nothing with many trip wires

Once crossed there was no way back

The Gloster Javelin defended us

There was nothing else like it

Big massive beautiful made in Britain

To stop and win a new Battle of Britain

Before it even started