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[LOTOR] Would a nuke be enough to destroy the one ring?

If the ring somehow landed in a modern enough time to contain the weapons, could a nuclear explosion melt the ring.

It was destroyed by the fires of a volcano, even the first nuke (fat man) had a yield of 21 kt.
gpt
Major assumption that science can overcome magic. If that was the case, why not have Gandalf use his magic to create a fire hot enough to destroy the ring? Doesn't make sense. Had to return the ring to its place of foraging to destroy it. Not about energy, it's about conditional magic.