Selectively Disabled Ammunition and Remote Ammunition Disabling System and Method of Use

An ammunition disabling system for selectively disabling ammunition operatively coupled to a material that is selectively changeable from an operative state to a deactivated state, in the operative state the material permits transmission of a percussive impact through the material to strike a primer for enabling firing of the ammunition, in the deactivated state the material inhibits transmission of the percussion impact through the material for preventing firing of the ammunition, the ammunition disabling system comprising:

• an energy wave generator having an energy wave source that emits an energy wave through the air to create a protected space, the energy wave being emitted at a frequency tuned to induce a vibration resonant a natural frequency of the material when in the protected space causing the material to mechanically degrade from the operative state to the to the deactivated state due at least in part to the vibration;
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• a second energy wave source that emits a second energy wave wherein, when the ammunition is positioned within the protective space the material can be selectively exposed to the energy wave, and upon exposure to the energy wave, the energy wave induces a response in the material that mechanically changes the material from the operative state to the deactivated state by degrading the mechanical structure of the material.

An ammunition disabling system for selectively disabling ammunition operatively coupled to a material that is selectively changeable from an operative state to a deactivated state, in the operative state the material permits transmission of a percussive impact through the material to strike a primer for enabling firing of the ammunition, in the deactivated state the material does not permit the transmission of the percussive impact through the material for disabling firing of the ammunition the ammunition disabling system comprising:

• an energy wave generator having an energy wave source that emits an energy wave at one or more frequencies through the air to create a protected space, the energy wave acting on the material and causing a physical change in the material when in the protected space causing the material to mechanically degrade from the operative state to the to the deactivated state.