BillJ wrote:

1) The Romulans had cloaking technology from the first episode of TOS onward and evidently they gave the Earthmen a run for their money during the war.
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I understand that. My point was, cloaking technology was their competitive advantage. With other alien races having it, they're no longer special.
BillJ wrote:

2) The Federation does have cloaking technology. We saw both cloaking suits and the cloaked holo-ship in Star Trek: Insurrection.
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I'd like to think that movie never happened.