Пишут страшное:

This was to meet the main mission objective: to make sure that the aircraft knew where it was and that it could get to a weapons release point.
так сказать, главное было определить себя на местности.

и даже больше:
to test the aircraft's hardware and software upgrades, endurance and its performance at extremely high latitudes.
подтверждали корректную работу усовершенствований

притом дело было для них в новинку:
Although the B-2 has been to the North Pole in simulated tests, this is the first time the aircraft has physically travelled there, marking a milestone in B-2 testing
if not where the target is, but possibly for the flight path it'll take to get there.
Куда через СП кратчайший путь?