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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the General
Dynamics Corporation Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet as of 2 October 1994
and the related Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the nine
months ended 2 October 1994 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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