1. A short range guided missile comprising: a rocket motor, a ballistic homing torpedo weapon detachably connected to said rocket motor, a guidance system housed within said rocket motor, control means responsive to said guidance system for steering said rocket, means for separating said rocket motor from said weapon, means in said guidance system for determining the magnitude of the effects of winds on said missile, and means responsive to said measuring means for actuating said control means to inject said weapon into a ballistic trajectory in a manner to compensate for both said wind effects and anticipated equal wind effects subsequently encountered during ballistic flight of said missile, means for adapating said homing torpedo weapon for air flight comprising an aerodynamic nose fairing attached to the forward end of said torpedo weapon, an airframe releasably attached to the after end portion of said torpedo weapon, comprising, a cylindrical shell attached coaxially to said torpedo weapon, said shell being adapted to be connected to said rocket motor, a parachute pack contained within said shell having a parachute therein, a barometric device for deploying said parachute when said weapon reaches a predetermined altitude, and aerodynamic fins on said shell, said fins being hollow and said barometric device being housed within one of said fins.