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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-07-070439.txt : 20071218
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-07-070439.hdr.sgml : 20071218
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20071218113718
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-07-070439
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071218
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20071218

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LYLES LESTER L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001267887

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03671
		FILM NUMBER:		071312007

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MTC TECHNOLOGIES INC
		STREET 2:		4032 LINDEN AVENUE
		CITY:			DAYTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45432

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>2007-12-18</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001267887</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LYLES LESTER L</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>2007-12-18</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>137</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>90.38</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4055</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects stock received in lieu of director fees in accordance with outside directors' compensation program.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Reporting person has 19730 additional stock options, as previously reported.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Margaret N. House, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-12-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
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<TEXT>

	POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all persons by these presents, that 	Lester L. Lyles
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Julie P. Aslaksen, John
F. Barrett, 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: 6 Dec, 2006				/s/

						Lester L. Lyles
						Print Name


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