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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-06-002011.txt : 20060105
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-06-002011.hdr.sgml : 20060105
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060105160647
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-002011
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060105

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KEANE JOHN M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001267719

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03671
		FILM NUMBER:		06512937

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O METLIFE INC
		STREET 2:		ONE MADISON AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000040533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SHIP & BOAT BUILDING & REPAIRING [3730]
		IRS NUMBER:				131673581
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042-4513
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7038763000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042-4513
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000040533</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001267719</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KEANE JOHN M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FALLS CHURCH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22042</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.00 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-01-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>68</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1082</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Adjustment to number of shares of Performance Restricted Stock at end of performance period, 12/31/2005</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The reporting person also has 5,405 stock options, as previously reported.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Margaret N. House, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS





	Know all persons by these presents, that 	John M. Keane

whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tommy R.
Augustsson,
Michelle S. DiCintio, Mark L. Haley, Margaret N. House, John
E. Lossing,
and David A. Savner and each of them, as his/her true and
lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of
substitution and
with authority to act alone, for him/her and in his/her
name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to:

	(1)	execute
for and on behalf
of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments
and supplements to
those forms in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do
and perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to
complete the execution of any such Form
3, 4 or 5 and any amendments and
supplements to those forms and file such
form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any
other authority; and


	(3)	take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in
his/her discretion,

granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as they or he/she might or
could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent
or his/her or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue thereof.

	This Power
of Attorney is continuing
and shall remain in effect so long as the
undersigned is an officer or
director of General Dynamics Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, unless
the undersigned executes and delivers to the
Secretary of General
Dynamics Corporation a written revocation of this
Power of Attorney.


	The undersigned acknowledges that each foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not
assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



Date:
_2/4/____________, 2004			/s/	____John M.
Keane_____________________


							__________________________________

									Print Name


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