No significant energy reaction was detected at the scene, and regardless of the scale or brevity of the occurrence, a force field strong enough to distort space would always have an impact. Yet no means of detection had uncovered even the slightest clue.
If it wasn't interference with the beam, then there clearly was only one explanation.
"Could it be... electronic countermeasures (ECM)?"
To make an opponent miss their shot, the simplest method was to prevent them from observing accurately or at all. Camouflage and smoke release fell into this category. To deceive detection methods like radar and infrared, the only option was to release electromagnetic waves to cause disruption. In modern warfare, the electronic domain is at the forefront of the most cutting-edge battles, and the Wehrmacht's development of disruption particle dispersal devices, in a strict sense, was also a form of electronic interference equipment.
