if i detonate 2 seperate 50 megaton nuclear bombs at the same time, will it be just as effective as 100 megaton one ?

Question

Is it just as simple as 50+50=100 or is there something to it?

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Answer 1

If you have them distanced from each other you could have areas of superposition of waves and so have bands of even higher damage, and parts with much lower damage.