There's litigation going on for the Big Island of Hawaii regarding a telescope. The more important factor is the underlying organizations paying for the telescope. Seems a direct contradiction to why the Space Force is looking into being built.

"The TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO), a non-profit organization, was established in May 2014 to carry out the construction and operation phases of the TMT Project. The Members of TIO are Caltech, the University of California, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Department of Science and Technology of India, and the National Research Council (Canada); the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is a TIO Associate. Major funding has been provided by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation."

https://www.maunakeaandtmt.org

https://www.tmt.org