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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
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Jurisdiction of
Name of Subsidiary Organization
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Alliant Holdings LLC Delaware
- Alliant Conventional Munitions LLC Delaware
- Alliant Ammunition and Powder Company LLC Delaware
- New River Energetics, Inc. Delaware
- Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Ammunition Systems Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Kilgore Flares Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Missile Products Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Defense Systems LLC Delaware
- Alliant Defense Electronics Systems, Inc. Delaware
- Alliant Integrated Defense Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Power Sources Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Precision Fuze Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Propulsion and Composites LLC Delaware
- Alliant Aerospace Company Minnesota
- Alliant Aerospace Composite Structures Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Aerospace Propulsion Company LLC Delaware
- Alliant Southern Composites Company LLC Delaware
Alliant International Holdings Inc. Minnesota
- Alliant Assurance Ltd. Vermont
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The Registrant has other subsidiaries which, if considered in the aggregate as a
single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary as of March 31,
2000.