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Exhibit 10.3

ADDENDUM TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

The First Amendment To Employment Agreement provides a non-qualified
Supplemental Employees Retirement Plan (SERP) under which certain benefits are
to be provided to the Executive. Section 4(b)(i)(A) of the Agreement defines the
SERP to be a multiple of the Executive's base salary and annual cash incentive
bonus.

The purpose of this addendum is to clarify the meaning of annual cash incentive
bonus.

The annual cash incentive bonus is the amount calculated by applying a
performance percent, as determined by the Personnel and Compensation Committee
of the Board, to the executive's annual target bonus for each year (or portion
of a year) that the executive is employed as Chief Executive Officer of Alliant
Techsystems Inc.; the annual cash incentive bonus amount is calculated before
any deferral or conversion to ATK stock.

/s/ Daryl L. Zimmer   /s/ Paul David Miller

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Daryl L. Zimmer  

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Paul David Miller Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer  
Date: August 9, 2000  
   
Date: August 9, 2000

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