Пишут страшное:
так сказать, главное было определить себя на местности.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.
и даже больше:
подтверждали корректную работу усовершенствованийto test the aircraft's hardware and software upgrades, endurance and its performance at extremely high latitudes.
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 testingКуда через СП кратчайший путь?if not where the target is, but possibly for the flight path it'll take to get there.