The test flight of India's nuclear-capable 'Nirbhay' long-range subsonic tactical cruise missile launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha today was aborted nearly 12 minutes after lift-off, defence sources said.<br/><br/>However, all initial critical operations were successfully executed and Nirbhay reached the desired cruise altitude, a defence ministry statement said. During 700 seconds of flight, all sub-systems of the missile functioned satisfactorily and met all the desired functions. But the mission had to be aborted thereafter, it added.<br/><br/>The 1000-kilometer class cruise missile, capable of striking deep into the enemy territory, has been designed and developed by DRDO at it's R&D laboratory in Bengaluru.<br/><br/>The maiden test flight of Nirbhay on 12th March, 2013 also had to be terminated midway for safety reasons due to malfunction of a component. However, the second launch on October 17, 2014 was fully successful.