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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-06-007985.txt : 20060206
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-06-007985.hdr.sgml : 20060206
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060206140302
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-007985
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060202
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060206

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOSS BRYAN T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001222200

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03671
		FILM NUMBER:		06580876

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
		STREET 2:		3190 FAIRVIEW PARK DR
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7038763078

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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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc4.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
<TEXT>
<XML>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-02-02</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001222200</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MOSS BRYAN T</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>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.00 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-02-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1408</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>70.995</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>18114</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.00 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-02-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>866</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>115.39</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>17248</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>70.995</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-02-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1408</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2003-03-07</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2006-03-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1408</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>Reporting person has 81,300 additional stock options, as previously reported.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Margaret N. House, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-02-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.4_120535
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that Bryan T. Moss, whose signature
appears
below constitutes and appoints Julie P. Aslaksen, John F.
Barrett, Michelle
S. DiCintio, Margaret N. House, Millie A. Miller, 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:
2/1/2006			/s/ Bryan T. Moss

							__________________________________

									Print Name

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