POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all persons by these presents, that
	Phebe
N. Novakovid
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: 1/31/2006			/s/	_Phebe
N. Novakovic___


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