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

Pretty much.

Think of it as gas in a fuel tank. Two cars that have 50L of fuel in its tank will cover the same number of combined distance as a single car running on 100L of fuel.

The energy output is the same. How the energy is used though can be vastly different.

Energy usage can be compared to where the two cars are able to reach with 50L in comparison to a car that has 100L. Two cars can move in 2 different directions covering different plains. A single car can only cover one direction but longer distances.