would the eiffel tower survive an almost direct hit from a nuclear bomb? how about the pyrimids?

Answer 1

Hi,
Weird question.
Of what military advantage in destroying such places ?
Oh yes, though, they would not survive even a medium power nuke, given a "direct" hit.

My work has taken me into a few UK nuclear bunker, and none of them so far are deemed direct hit proof.
OK, EMP sheilds for the electronics, blast-proof shell & doors etc, but only viable of the air blast occurs some considerable distance away.

However certain places in the US are designed to withstand an immediate overhead hit of some size. Cheyenne Mountain is an ineresting place to poke around.

No secrets revealed here, all public info.
Live well away from cities, places of military significance, leap under the bed, and don't look at the blast.
All things electrical, cars, phones, sub-stations etc will be down, so a few tins in stock & a paraffin stove, candles & bottled water if you live in paranoia of such an occurence.

If out in the open, suprisigly holding an open newspaper in front of you immediatly after detonation affords a fair amount of protection against alpha, beta, and most gamma radiation.
Odd, but true.

Only if you are miles away, though.
Bye bye Eiffel Tower then !

Bob.

Answer 2

Now that is an interesting question:

When Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed, or when Chernobyl Nuclear Station Exploded, there certainly was structural damage caused, but there were a lot of buildings that were still standing, albeit with walls missing.

I suppose it depends on the strength of the nuclear device in question. Much of the lifes lost in Japan was not due to the force of the blast, it was the extreme temperatures reached before the blast front (Hydrodynamic Front) reached.

Its plausible that Eiffel would melt before it got blown away (10,000ºC), but the pyramids stand a better chance of survival.

Answer 3

I can safely say that NOTHING except a nuclear bunker built for just this purpose can survive a direct hit from a nuke, and even then most bunkers are not designed to stand a direct hit. The forces involoved in an atomic explosion are gigantic. It expodes so quickly and powerfully that even air is expelled from the explosion site, and it creates a vacuum, which then sucks everything from miles around back into it. I don't know if you have ever seen the footage of nukes being tested in the sea, but go try and find a website that shows it, and bear in mind these are little baby nukes for testing, not the deadly monsters alot of countries have. You will get an idea of the awesome power of nuclear fission.

Answer 4

not sure about nuclear bombs, but I'm sure the Eiffel tower could survive a direct hit from the pyramids, unless those in egypt and mexico got together and launched a concerted attack.
Have you considered learning English?

Answer 5

Depends on the bomb size. But typical bombs used in the western world would eliminate the Eiffel tower and the pyramids in the blink of an eye.

Not sure about all of the pentagon though, though much or all of it would go. Hence the backup control centres that the US has.

Answer 6

The melting point of the Eiffel tower is roughly 1500C so it is almost certain it would not survive. The pyramids stand a better chance - provided the stones aren't actually blown away by the blast!

Answer 7

Are you a dictator? looking to see which targets you can obliterate, Well if the bomb was big enough it would wipe out France or Egypt let alone 2 little bits of them. We'll be watching you closely

Answer 8

have you seen video footage of a nuclear explosion or from nagasaki after the US dropped the bomb? There would be nothing left - apart from cockroaches and G Shock watches

Answer 9

Tower - no
Pyramids - maybe

Answer 10

Think about it, of course not they would just be vaporized.