Exhibit 24

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 16th day of July, 1997.
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                                   R. Keith Elliott
                                   ----------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14 day of July, 1997.
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                                   T. L. Gossage
                                   -------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14 day of July, 1997.
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                                   Joel M. Greenblatt
                                   ------------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 18 day of July, 1997.
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                                   Jonathan G. Guss
                                   ----------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14th day of July, 1997.
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                                   David E. Jeremiah
                                   -----------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 12th day of July, 1997.
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                                   Gaynor N. Kelley
                                   ----------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14 day of July, 1997.
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                                   Joseph F. Mazzella
                                   ------------------

 
                           ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                          OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 23rd day of July, 1997.
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                                   Daniel L. Nir
                                   -------------
                                         

 
                            ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                           OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 13 day of July, 1997.
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                                   Richard Schwartz
                                   ----------------
                                        

 
                            ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                           OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 10 day of July, 1997.
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                                   Scott S. Meyers
                                   ---------------

 
                            ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                           OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 9 day of July, 1997.
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                                   Paula J. Patineau
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