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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the General
Dynamics Corporation Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1998, and the
related Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the year ended December 31, 1998
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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