This could work but prices have gone up since the panic.
I know a guy that knows someone that's the roommate of a cousin of someone that has a contact that could get us some "material".
From there its easy, if you just want a 1 stage good old fashioned A-bomb.
Thermonuc? That's a little over my head. The basics I understand. Above the basics I'm just a poor boy from a poor family.
I seriously doubt Oakland is going to attack you.
You want a thermonuke? Take your 'good old fashioned A-bomb', bake at 425 for an hour, then detonate!
I think somewhere in there you have to add tritium and deuterium sprinkles.
This could work but prices have gone up since the panic.
You may not like your neighbors, but if SHTF it might be wise to form a mutual defense treaty with all your close neighbors after the reality of a long term emergency sets in before panic takes over.....especially if long range communications are down. These mighbe your only relief if the raid hits you! After all, the Russians killed more Nazis than England and US combined ....but we never liked them.
According to Steven Ambrose (Band of Brothers) the ratio was 3 to 1. The point is not to dismiss your neighbors because they're weird or reclusive. Alliance doesn't necessarily mean friends. Just support.
You don't have to give them all your secrets...but they may have resources you can barter for, and vice versa. Even just early warning can make a difference ...